Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]
Vast grass-covered 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 east of the
Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
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{Pampas cat} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), a small, reddish-brown, South American
deer ({Cervus campestris} syn. {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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