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jag·uar (jag′wär′, -yo̵̅o̅ är′)

noun pl. jaguars -·uars or jaguar -·uar

the largest New World predatory cat (Panthera onca), yellowish with black spots, found from SW U.S. to Argentina

Etymology: Port < Tupí jaguara

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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