Category:Pampas

Pam"pas, n. pl. Etym: [sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]

Defn: 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.