Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
jagabat
Jagannath
Jagganath
jagged
jaggery
jaggies
jaggy
jagir
jaguar
jaguarundi
Jah
Jahveh
jai alai
Jai Hind
jail
jail fever
jailbait
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

jaguar

jag·uar [ jág waar ] (plural jag·uars)


noun 
Definition:
 
big wildcat: a large cat related to the leopard but with a shorter tail and black spots inside black rings on its tawny coat. Native to: southern North America, Central America, northern South America.  Latin name Panthera onca.

[Early 17th century. Via Portuguese< Tupi jaguara, Guarani yaguará "carnivorous animal"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft