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The name ocelot comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word ōcēlōtl.
The Latin word for lion-panther is "leopardus," which refers to the animal known as the leopard.
No, but the animal name does.
The animal is the bonobo, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee. Its scientific name, Pan paniscus, was inspired by the Angolan Bantu word "pongo" meaning "mock man."
LEMUR is the animal whose name is derived from the word 'Spirits of the Night'...
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The word "bandicoot" is the name for the Indian mammal Bandicota indica, or "bandicoot rat". This animal is actually quite unrelated to the Australian marsupial known as the bandicoot, but the early Australian colonists thought that the Australian animal bore some resemblance to its Indian namesake - and the name stuck.
The word "morthwear" can be unscrambled to form the name of a common animal. The animal in question is an earthworm.(the word heartworm, an animal parasite, is also an anagram)
A dog is more commonly known as an animal
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