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marlot en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of margay + ocelot.

Meanings

1. A hybrid of a margay and an ocelot.
   • Jean Townes’ cats produced cougar and chaus kittens and a rare and interesting margay/ocelot hybrid was born at Barbara Brocks. Both the ocelot mother and margay sire of this little “marlot” were captive bred. 2003, “FCF History”, in Feline Conservation Foundation, archived from the original on 09 May 2021:
   • marlot: (not capitalized) A cross between a margay and an ocelot. 2019 October 14, Giacomo Giammatteo, How to Capitalize Anything, Inferno Publishing Company, →ISBN:
   • […] while other samples include seven litters of one kitten each born to the same female at Marlot Breeding Farm, and two other litters of one kitten each. 2017 May 15, Mel Sunquist, Fiona Sunquist, Wild Cats of the World, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 138:

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