Thesaurus: pampas

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1. n. pl. 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.
2. 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
3. Vast plains in the central and southern part of the ArgentineRepublic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a widersense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.Pampas cat (Zoöl.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros). It hasoblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and ahalf feet long. Called also straw cat.-- Pampas deer (Zoöl.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer(Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris).-- Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gyneriumargenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of thepampas of South America.
4. n:100 n. the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina