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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