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jag⋅uar

[jag-wahr, -yoo-ahr; especially Brit. jag-yoo-er]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Pg < Tupi jaguara
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jag·uar   (jāg'wär', jāg'yōō-är')   
n.  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.

[Spanish and Portuguese, from Guarani jaguá, yaguar, dog.]
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Word Origin & History

jaguar 
big cat of the Americas (Felis onca), 1604, from Port. jaguar, from Tupi jaguara, said to be a name "denoting any larger beast of prey." Also a type of British-made car; in this sense the abbreviation Jag is attested from 1959.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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