Definitions for ocelot

ocelot oc·e·lot

Spelling: [os-uh-lot, oh-suh-]
IPA: /ˈɒs əˌlɒt, ˈoʊ sə-/

Ocelot is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in ocelot (celoot).

Definitions for ocelot

noun

  1. a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.

Origin of ocelot

1765-75; French, apparently arbitrary shortening of Nahuatl tlālōcēlōtl ocelot, equivalent to tlāl(li) earth, land + ōcēlōtl jaguar

Examples for ocelot

It was, as had been supposed, an ocelot, the most beautiful creature of that region.

America has several Tiger-Cats, foremost amongst which may be mentioned the ocelot.

In all his hunters experience, he had never seen an ocelot so large.

The ocelot is next only to the jaguar in ferocity and daring.

An ocelot, trudging stealthily behind him, was his sole companion.

A few animals, among others the ocelot, inhabited the thickets.

"The ocelot bounds away too quickly," he observed, as if offended.

It cannot be; an assassin would not have interfered with the ocelot.

Ah, you should have seen the ocelot when taken from the tank!

This is well shown in the ocelot, Fig. 15, and in many other cats.

Word Value for ocelot
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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