zhōˈfrwäz- noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
Etymology: after Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire died 1844 or his son Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire died 1861 French zoologists
: a small South American cat of the genus Felis ( F. geoffroyi ) that has a silver-gray or ocher coat with small black spots and that inhabits especially upland forests and scrubland