margay

Definitions

Examples

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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