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# ocelot

noun (an ocelot, ocelots)

«ocelot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An ocelot is a wild cat about twice the size of a pet cat, with spotted and striped fur, living in the forests of Central and South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in science lessons about rainforest animals and endangered species. Ocelots hunt at night.

### Examples

- The ocelot has beautiful spotted fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x1)
- Ocelots live in South American rainforests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x2)
- An ocelot hunts small animals at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x3)
- Ocelots are good at climbing and swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x4)
- People once hunted ocelots for their fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x5)
- The ocelot is about twice as big as a house cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/#x6)

### Note

Say «an ocelot» (starts with a vowel). Plural: ocelots. Say «OSS-uh-lot». It is a wild animal, not a pet.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ocelot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocelot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ocelot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ocelot.html) on Mova free.