pampas

  • 61pampas cat — noun Etymology: pampas from Spanish, plural of pampa : a small wildcat (Felis pajeros) of Argentina and Patagonia that is yellowish gray with dark bands on the legs and tail and brownish stripes running obliquely from the back to the flanks …

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  • 62pampas — pampean /pam pee euhn, pam pee euhn/, adj. /pam peuhz/; attributively /pam peuhs/; Sp. /pahm pahs/, n.pl., sing. pampa / peuh/; Sp. / pah/. the vast grassy plains of southern South America, esp. in Argentina. [1695 1705; < AmerSp, pl. of pampa <&#8230; …

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  • 63pampas — Synonyms and related words: alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bottomland, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down, downs, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass, grass veld, grassland, grazing …

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  • 64PAMPAS —    vast grassy, treeless, nearly level plains in South America, in the Argentine State; they stretch from the lower Paraná to the S. of Buenos Ayres; afford rich pasture for large herds of wild horses and cattle, and are now in certain parts&#8230; …

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  • 65pámpas — s. n., pl. pámpasuri …

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  • 66pampas — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prairie, tundra, plains; see plain …

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  • 67pampas — pam|pas [ pæmpəs ] noun singular large flat areas of countryside in parts of South America …

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  • 68pampas — m IV, D. u, Ms. pampassie; lm M. y zwykle w lm, → pampa …

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  • 69pampas — pam·pas || pæmpÉ™s n. grassy plains located in southern South America …

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  • 70pampas — [ pampəs, z] noun [treated as sing. or plural] large treeless plains in South America. Origin C18: via Sp. from Quechua pampa plain …

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