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ey⋅ra

[air-uh, ahy-ruh]
–noun
a jaguarundi.

Origin:
1855–60; < AmerSp < Tupi eira(ra)
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ey·ra   (âr'ə)   
n.  The reddish-brown color phase of the jaguarundi.

[American Spanish eirá, a kind of fox, from Guarani eirara.]
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