gato montés
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See also: gato-montês
Spanish
Noun
gato montés m (plural gatos monteses)
- wildcat (Felis silvestris)
- Synonyms: gato salvaje, gato montés euroasiático
- bobcat (Lynx rufus)
- Synonyms: gato de monte, gato del monte, gato lince, gato montés de Norteamérica, lince, lince rojo
- (southern Mexico) gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Synonyms: gato de monte, gato del monte, ostoche, tigrillo, zorra gris, zorro gris
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Isthmus Zapotec: mistuꞌ guiꞌxhiꞌ (calque)
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: cuayojmisto̱n (calque)
- → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: mistu cuhu (calque)
References
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 584
Further reading
- “gato, ta montés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10