"margay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: margays [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá. Etymology templates: {{der|en|tpw|marakaîá}} Old Tupi marakaîá, {{bor|en|es|margay}} Spanish margay, {{der|en|pt|maracajá}} Portuguese maracajá Head templates: {{en-noun}} margay (plural margays)
  1. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America. Wikipedia link: margay Categories (lifeform): Felids Synonyms: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat Derived forms: marlot Translations (Leopardus wiedii): 長尾虎貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 长尾虎猫 (chángwěi hǔmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), margay (Dutch), margajo (Esperanto), margay [masculine] (French), chat-tigre [masculine] (French), chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne [masculine] (French), Langschwanzkatze [feminine] (German), µάργκεϊ (µárgkeï) [neuter] (Greek), margae [masculine] (Irish), margay [masculine] (Italian), マーゲイ (margay) (Japanese), margay (Malay), margaj [masculine] (Maltese), ocelot nadrzewny [masculine] (Polish), margaj [masculine] (Polish), gato-maracajá [masculine] (Portuguese), gato tigre [masculine] (Spanish), tigrillo [masculine] (Spanish), cunaguaro [masculine] (Spanish), caucel [masculine] (Spanish), maracayá [masculine] (Spanish), margay [masculine] (Spanish), margaykatt [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "word": "長尾虎貓"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "word": "长尾虎猫"
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "word": "margay"
    },
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "word": "margajo"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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    },
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "µárgkeï",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "margae"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "margay"
    },
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "word": "マーゲイ"
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "margaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      "word": "gato tigre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Leopardus wiedii",
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      "word": "tigrillo"
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    },
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