English

marlot

Blend of margay + ocelot.

Old Tupi marakaîá

Proto-Uto-Aztecan *osïLo-ta

Proto-Nahuan *ooseeloo-tl

Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl ‘jaguar’

French ocelot

Today it means

noun A hybrid of a margay and an ocelot.

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