Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wild cat of Mexico and Central and South America, Felis jaguarundi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
jaguarondi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
jaguarundi .
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Examples
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The spotless dark-grey yaguarundi, not much larger than the wild cat of Europe, pursues all kinds of birds, particularly the pigeon, the partridge, and the penelope.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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It might be an ocelot, or the yaguarundi, or some one of the smaller cats; for many of these prey on the defenceless capivara.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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It might be an ocelot, or the yaguarundi, or some one of the smaller cats; for many of these prey on the defenceless capivara.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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