jaguar

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It must be something even more formidable than a jaguar or a puma, to have terrified that unhappy monkey to the verge of madness; yet, so far as Phil knew, the jaguar was the most dreaded beast to be found in the South American forest.

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  1. noun A large feline mammal (Panthera onca) of Central and South America, closely related to the leopard and having a tawny coat spotted with black rosettes.

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  • Team members determined from tests at the Phoenix Zoo that the jaguar was in severe, unrecoverable kidney failure, Van Pelt said Tuesday. —  SacBee -- Latest News
  • The jaguar, about 16 years old, was put down because of failing kidneys. —  Field & Stream -
  • After slowing down and showing other signs of health trouble, the jaguar was recaptured March 2 and euthanized that day at the Phoenix Zoo.
  • The woman at daybreak released herself and alarmed the neighbors, and, on the return of the husband, a search for the jaguar was commenced, which resulted in finding a pair, together with their cubs. —  Harper's Magazine
  • They said the cat looked like a jaguar -- with shiny dark fur. —  New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com
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  1. Spanish and Portuguese, from Guarani jaguá, yaguar, dog.

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  1. Also written jagouar, yaguar; Portuguese jaguar, from Brazilian jaguara, a jaguar. “Jagua in the Guarani language is the common name for tygers and dogs. The generic name for tygers in the Guarani language is Jaquarete.” (Clavigero, Hist. of Mexico, transitive Cullen (1787), ii. 318.)
 

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