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Definition of Jaguar

1. Noun. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis.

Definition of Jaguar

1. n. A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger.

Definition of Jaguar

1. Noun. A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America. Scientific name: ''Panthera onca''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jaguar

1. a large feline animal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jaguar

1. A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Synonym: the American tiger. Origin: Braz. Yagoara: cf. & Pg. Jaguar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Jaguar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The total average length of a jaguar is from 6\ to 7 \ feet, of which the tail ... A common method of ascertaining if a jaguar is in the neighbourhood is to ..."

2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"the jaguar delighted in sticking its talons into the clothes of its human playfellows, and tearing them in a disastrous manner. The creature was so amusing ..."

3. Lienzo of Tulancingo, Oaxaca: an Introductory Study of a Ninth Painted Sheet by Ross Parmenter (2007)
"Dr. Troike ignores the deity impersonator hypothesis and has little difficulty accepting 4 jaguar as a historical figure. ..."

4. Wild Sports of the World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and Adventure by James Greenwood (1862)
"The common prey of the jaguar is the capybara, and when this animal is abundant, ... Leaping to the back of the doomed animal, the jaguar, by a rapid ..."

5. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"The differences between the Leopard of the Old Continent and the jaguar ... The form of the jaguar is much more robust, and even to a certain extent more ..."

6. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1900)
"The New World is not so rich in cat-species as is the Old, nor do its largest kinds, the puma and jaguar, equal the largest kinds of Africa and Asia. ..."

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