margayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá.

発音

• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ

名詞

margay (plural margays)

1. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.

   Synonyms: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat

   • 2002, Mel Sunquist, Fiona Sunquist, Wild Cats of the World, University of Chicago Press, page 137:

     In Costa Rica margays were once widely distributed in dense forest from the coastal lowlands to about 3,000 meters elevation in the interior mountains.

   • 2008, Kirk Smock, Guyana, Bradt Travel Guides, page 32:

     Margays are small and slim spotted cats (60cm/40cm/3.5kg) with long bushy tails and long legs with large feet.
     Typically found in mature forest, margays are nocturnal and arboreal, hunting mostly in trees (they can rotate their hind legs and descend a tree head first).

   • 2010, David Whyte Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, Kristin Nowell, “Chapter 1: Dramatis personae: an introduction to the wild felids”, in David Whyte Macdonald, Andrew J. Loveridge, editors, The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids, Oxford University Press, page 38:

     The margay has broad feet, flexible ankles, and a long tail, all adaptations for arboreality (Nowell and Jackson 1996). In captivity, the margay is well known for its climbing and jumping acrobatics.

派生語

• marlot

派生した語

• → Korean: 마게이 (magei)
• → Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)

Further reading

• Leopardus wiedii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Leopardus wiedii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• "Margay" on IUCN Red List

アナグラム

• Magyar