Ō'çe-lōt, n.

noun

n. [Mexic. ocelotl.] (Zoöl.) A digitigrade carnivorous mammal, of the cat kind, found in Mexico. It is the Felis pardalis of Linnæus. It is likewise the French popular name of several other nearly allied American species of Felis.

Ocelot (Felis pardalis).

An ocelot crouches over the ground. — Ocelot (*Felis pardalis).