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jaguar

[jag-wahr, -yoo-ahr, jag-yoo-er] / ˈdʒæg wɑr, -juˌɑr, ˈdʒæg ju ər /


NOUN
panther
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A jaguar waiting out of frame emerged after the vulture flew away to claim the carcass.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Owning a jaguar in Texas is legal, but it’s not legal to sell an endangered species out of state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025

A California man paid $1,000 to rent a jaguar for an hour-long photo shoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

Lundberg and his diver companion had found fossils in the same place before, including mammoth teeth, bones of an ancient jaguar and parts of a dire wolf.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Behind the white rock, I spotted a carved stone jaguar.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

BFA-related compounds in urine and renal lipid droplets were detected in several felid species, including lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, lynxes, and the Iriomote cat.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

There, they don’t have to worry about their natural predators, like jaguars and anacondas.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

He observed tigers in India’s Madhya Pradesh, jaguars and caiman in Brazil’s Pantanal and giant pandas in the Chinese province of Sichuan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

“She was born under a full moon in the arms of mother nature. The jaguars taught her to run, the birds to fly,” her intro video intoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Sleepiness and slothfulness keep it out of harm’s way, away from the notice of jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles and anacondas.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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