jaguar

[ jag-wahr, -yoo-ahr; especially British jag-yoo-er ]
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noun
  1. a large spotted feline, Panthera onca, of tropical America, having a tawny coat with black rosettes: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.

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Origin of jaguar

1
1595–1605; <Portuguese <Tupi jaguara

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jaguar

/ (ˈdʒæɡjʊə) /


noun
  1. a large feline mammal, Panthera onca, of S North America, Central America, and N South America, similar to the leopard but with a shorter tail and larger spots on its coat

Origin of jaguar

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C17: from Portuguese, from Tupi jaguara, Guarani yaguara

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