Etymology

Geoffroy's cat

Today it means: Leopardus geoffroyi, probably the most common wild cat in South America. Full definition →

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Named after the 19th-century French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.