pampas
n.pl. தென் அமெரிக்காவில் அமேசான் ஆற்றின் தென் பகுதியிலுள்ள மரங்களற்ற பரந்த சமவௌதப்பகுதி.
Pam"pas, n. pl. Etym: [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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.