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English
Etymology
From Spanish tigrillo.
Noun
tigrillo (plural tigrillos)
- Leopardus tigrinus, the oncilla.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From tigre (“tiger”) + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tiˈɡɾiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tiˈɡɾiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tiˈɡɾiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈɡɾiʒo/
- Syllabification: ti‧gri‧llo
Noun
tigrillo m (plural tigrillos)
- any small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the oncilla or the margay
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