jaguar
83
3.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒæɡwɑr/
- US
:
jaguar
- A jaguar is one of the largest cats in the Americas and is a skilled swimmer.
- a jaguar pelt
- a jaguar skin
- jaguars and ocelots
But a few days later there were Jaguar paw prints in the sand.
- But a few days later there were Jaguar paw prints in the sand.
- And the last word goes to a Jaguar from the Amazon.
- No, no, close your eyes and see the Jaguar and then touch it.
- Some people say Panther to refer to like black Jaguars and leopards.
- He's he's elegant, he's sleek, he's a jungle cat Jaguar.
- There are predators, prey, and decomposers in this system, just as there are Jaguar, deer, or earthworms in a rainforest.
- His name is Vihomase in some groups, but they say that his his emissaries on earth are the Jaguars and that he is the creator deity.
- Well, there's a Jaguar inside the temple when they go there.
Examples
-
Their hearts cried out in terror, for who could face a jaguar save another jaguar?
Fiction book (1993) -
The masks resemble the heads of jaguars, animals with ancient connections to rain and sacrifice.
Academic text (2008) -
No, no, close your eyes and see the Jaguar and then touch it.
-
And the last word goes to a Jaguar from the Amazon.
-
We have a customer interested in the Jaguar.
-
On the north face's first floor, a jaguar looks out from the mouth of the mountain monster.
Academic text (2009) -
Instead, he finds himself face to face with a jaguar, the God of the Indians.
Academic text (2007) -
But a few days later there were Jaguar paw prints in the sand.
-
A painting of a warrior dressed in jaguar skin and wearing a feathered headdress decorates one cave wall.
Academic text (2008) -
Trade in wildlife products threatens the survival of jaguars, ocelots, crocodiles, caimans, and hawksbill and green turtles.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
A large spotted wild cat from Central and South America also called the jaguar
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jaguar comes from a native South American word yaguareté that meant 'true jaguar' or 'big beast', and it came into English through Spanish and Portuguese. That's why jaguar today means the large, powerful, spotted wild cat of Central and South America.