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Pampas Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pampas? [n] the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pampas: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pampas: alkali flat \| alluvial plain \| basin \| bottomland \| bushveld \| campo \| champaign \| champaign country \| coastal plain \| delta \| desert \| down \| downs \| fell \| flat \| flat country \| flatland \| flats \| grass \| grass veld \| grassland \| grazing \| haugh \| haughland \| heath \| lande \| lea \| level \| llano \| lowland \| lowlands \| lunar mare \| mare \| mead \| meadow \| meadow land \| mesa \| mesilla \| moor \| moorland \| open country \| pampa \| park \| pasturage \| pasture \| pasture land \| peneplain \| plain \| plains \| plateau \| playa \| prairie \| range \| salt flat \| salt marsh \| salt pan \| savanna \| sebkha \| steppe \| steppeland \| swale \| table \| tableland \| tree veld \| tundra \| upland \| vega \| veld \| weald \| wide-open spaces \| wold See Also \| Argentina \| Argentine Republic \| geographic area \| geographic region \| geographical area \| geographical region \| the Argentine Pampas In Webster's Dictionary \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Pampas Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pampas?

[n] the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

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Pampas In Webster's Dictionary

\Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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