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Synonyms for jaguar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jag-wahr, -yoo-ahr; especially British jag-yoo-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæg wɑr, -yuˌɑr; especially British ˈdʒæg yu ər

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Définition of jaguar

Origin :
  • big cat of the Americas (Felis onca), c.1600, from Portuguese jaguar, from Tupi jaguara, said to be a name "denoting any larger beast of prey" [Klein]. Also a type of British-made car; in this sense the abbreviation Jag is attested from 1959.
  • As in feline : noun cat
  • As in panther : noun large cat
  • As in cat : noun feline animal, sometimes a pet
  • As in tiger : noun large cat
Example sentences :
  • Once when a Mexican tigre, a jaguar, charged me I—But that is not this story.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The jaguar might make an excursion into the market-town; the bear might eat a butcher.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • If I saw a jaguar track in India, I should know it was made by a leopard.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • And the hunting-leopard grew to a jaguar, all covered with spots like eyes.
  • Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
  • The jaguar also frequents thickets on the river-banks and marshes.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • The jaguar remained, and drifted comfortably down the river.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Now it sounds like the dreadful roar of the jaguar as it springs on its prey.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • In the Amazonian forests the puma is not so common as the jaguar.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Jaguar's head is large and he is tremendously strong in the jaws.
  • Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • Besides, a jaguar would not have been cowed and driven off by a mule.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
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