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  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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