Definitions for ocelots

ocelots oc·e·lot

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

Ocelots is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in ocelots (celoost).

Definitions for ocelots

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 ocelots

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

Examples for ocelots

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for ocelots
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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