JAGUAR


Meaning of JAGUAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈja-ˌgwär, -gyə-ˌwär, -gwər; dialect ]

-gwī(-ə)r, especially Brit ˈja-gyə-wər noun

( plural jaguars also jaguar )

Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi jawára large carnivore

Date: 1604

: a large cat ( Panthera onca ) chiefly of Central and South America that is larger and stockier than the leopard and is brownish yellow or buff with black spots

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.