\Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.