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pampas |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl [Sp., fr Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. {Pampas cat} (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also {straw cat}. {Pampas deer} (Zo["o]l.), a small reddish-brown, South American deer ({Cervus, or Blastocerus campestris}). {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pampas n : the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
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