Definitions for margays

margays mar·gay

Spelling: [mahr-gey]
IPA: /ˈmɑr geɪ/

Margays is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in margays (aagmrsy).

Definitions for margays

noun

  1. a small tiger cat, Felis tigrina, of tropical America: now rare.

Origin of margays

1775-85; French (Buffon), alteration of margaia Portuguese maracajá Tupi marakaya

Examples for margays

We may see the ocelot skulking through the deep shade, or the margay springing upon its winged prey.

Fritz was engaged in preparing the skin of the margay, with more care than Jack had shown with that of the jackal.

Fritz presented us each with a neat case of margay skin to hang at our girdles.

I should say this was a margay, and it would have proved a cruel foe, not only of our poultry, but also of our sheep and goats.

The animal called the margay is really a kind of small ocelot, and it is sometimes known as the tiger-cat.

When we were ready to set out, Fritz presented each of us with a little case he had made from the skin of the margay.

Word Value for margays
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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