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margay

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡeɪ, -eɪ

Where it comes from

From Old Tupi marakaîá via Spanish margay, Portuguese maracajá.

noun margays

Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America. 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.
Similar: kuichua, tree ocelot, tiger cat

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noun Leopardus wiedii

Español	gato tigre, tigrillo, cunaguaro, caucel, maracayá, margay
日本語	マーゲイ māgei
中文	長尾虎貓 /长尾虎猫 chángwěi hǔmāo
Português	gato-maracajá
Français	margay, chat-tigre, chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne
Deutsch	Langschwanzkatze
Italiano	margay
Ελληνικά	μάργκεϊ márgkeï
Русский	длиннохво́стая ко́шка dlinnoxvóstaja kóška

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@misc{margay_2026,
  title = {margay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/margay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}