Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large feline mammal (Panthera onca) of Mexico, Central America, and South America, closely related to the leopard and having a tawny coat spotted with black rosettes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A carnivorous mammal, Felisonca, the largest and most formidable feline quadruped of America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large and powerful feline animal (
Panthera onca , formerlyFelis onca ), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. It is also called thepanther and theAmerican tiger .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
carnivorous spotted largecat native to South and Central America. Scientific name:Panthera onca .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I love these videos, because the jaguar is simultaneously acting very much like a cat (playing around) and very much not like a cat (playing in the water).
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I think it's the end-stress that lends some words to becoming one syllable - like the word jaguar goes from 'JAG-u-er' to
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Now thoroughly assimilated into English, the word jaguar’ is borrowed from Tupi or Lngua Geral, a language once spoken by millions all over Portuguese Brazil and now probably destined to disappear, since no more than a few hundred speakers remain.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Now thoroughly assimilated into English, the word jaguar’ is borrowed from Tupi or Lngua Geral, a language once spoken by millions all over Portuguese Brazil and now probably destined to disappear, since no more than a few hundred speakers remain.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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When someone is searching for the word "jaguar," Google would have a better idea of whether the person was interested in the animal or the car."
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While, this is very cool when looking at something very general like their suggested search "jaguar" -- this is what I get when I type in my own name:
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While, this is very cool when looking at something very general like their suggested search "jaguar" -- this is what I get when I type in my own name:
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In Mexico, the jaguar has been a popular mythological creature dating to pre-Hispanic times.
bilby commented on the word jaguar
See also jaguarondi.
August 31, 2022