jacaré
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of jacaré
C18: from Portuguese, from Tupi jacaré
Example Sentences
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Most nimbly they climbed the nearest, and, once lodged upon a limb, were safe; and on one of the lowest they “squatted,” to await the approach of the jacaré.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
We are not yet out of the woods; the jacaré may hear us.”
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
There was something in the behaviour of the jacaré he did not like, especially when he saw it quartering the water as if in search of the creatures that had disappeared so mysteriously.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
Ah! cunning, master may call it, when he talks of the jacaré.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
The Indian, according to his own account, was acquainted with live or six different kinds of jacaré.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
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