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Definition: Jaguar |
JaguarNoun1. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jaguar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonym: JaguarSynonym: panther (n). (additional references) |
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Jaguars (Panthera onca) are large cats native to South and Central America. They are closely related to the Lions, Tigers and Leopards of the Old World, and are the largest cat species found in the Americas.
They vary between 1.1 to almost 1.9 metres in length, stand around 70 cm tall at the shoulder, and weigh between 57 and 113 kilos. The Jaguar has the strongest jaw structure of any feline.
Although Jaguars look very like Leopards and are closely related to them, their ecological role and behaviour is more akin to that of the Tiger.
Their habitat ranges from the rain forests of South and Central America to more open country, but they are rarely seen in mountainous areas. Known for their strong swimming and climbing abilities, they often prefer to live by rivers, in swamps, amd in dense forest with thick cover for stalking prey.
Jaguars are solitary hunters that do not associate with one another outside the breeding season and typically take large prey: their very stong jaw equips them to hunt deer and peccaries, but they are great opportunists and will take anything from frogs and mice to birds, fish, and domestic livestock.
The background of the coat is usually an orange-yellow in colour, with numerous rings or rosettes on the flanks and spots on the head and neck. It is possible to distinguish this cat from a Leopard by the presence of spots inside its rosettes. A condition known as melanism can create Jaguars that appear entirely black (although the spots are still visible if one looks closely). These are known as black panthers, but do not form a separate species.
Young Jaguar males reach sexual maturity at about 3 or four years of age, females about a year earlier. Females give birth to as many as four cubs after a 90 to 110 day gestation, but raise no more than two of them to adulthood. The young are born blind and can see after two weeks. They remain with their mother for a long time, up to two years, before leaving to establish a territory for themselves, which can be anywhere between 25 and 150 square kilometres in size (depending on the availability of suitable prey). In captivity, Jaguars can live for up to 20 years.
In one native South American language yaguara means "a beast that kills its prey with one bound"; the English word jaguar is derived from this term.
Other uses of the term:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jaguar."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evil doer | Wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound; catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jaguar |
| English words defined with "jaguar": diverse ♦ Mexican tiger ♦ various. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jaguar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (jaguar), Dutch (jaguar, jaguaro), French (jaguar), German (jaguar), Portuguese (jaguar, jaguaro), Romanian (american leopard, american tiger, jaguar, panther), Serbo-Croatian (jaguar), Spanish (american tiger, jaguar, panther), Swedish (american tiger, jaguar), Turkish (american leopard, american tiger, jaguar). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Der Tod im roten Jaguar (1968) Jaguar (1967) Al Jaguar al saouda (1965) Jaguar (1957) Aimée & Jaguar (1999) | |
Song Titles | Jet Jaguar (performing artist: The Nick Atoms) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Jaguar CaveBirch Creek ValleySalmon Field OfficeUpper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Unknown. |  | Raymond Loewy Corporation. Jaguar I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Jaguar kitten meowing. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In fact, Jaguar closed their showroom recently for lack of legitimate business. (references) | |
In terms of production, car output hit a 27-year high to reach 1.79 million units, spurred mainly by a renaissance at Jaguar and new models from Vauxhall and Peugeot. (references) | ||
Its future plans in the U.K. include the new Jaguar X400, being prepared for production at Halewood on Merseyside, and a $600 million investment in Dagenham toward increasing diesel engine production. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Jaguar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.92% of the time. "Jaguar" is used about 261 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60.92% | 159 | 24,860 |
| Noun (proper) | 31.42% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.66% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 261 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jaguar": jaguar-designed, jaguar-driving, jaguar-gm, jaguar-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jaguar | 6,566 | jaguar auto | 89 |
jaguar car | 1,468 | jaguar xjr | 86 |
jaguar part | 461 | fender jaguar | 77 |
jaguar print | 235 | jaguar used | 76 |
jaguar xj220 | 231 | jaguar xk | 68 |
jaguar animal | 206 | atari jaguar | 65 |
jaguar s type | 203 | wheels jaguar | 61 |
jaguar xk8 | 197 | jaguar canada | 60 |
jaguar x type | 180 | jaguar club | 56 |
jaguar picture | 169 | jaguar auto part | 56 |
jaguar cat | 150 | jaguar logo | 56 |
jaguar automobile | 145 | jaguar racing | 52 |
jaguar xke | 145 | jaguar xj8 | 50 |
jaguar xjs | 142 | jaguar usa | 50 |
jaguar dealer | 138 | jaguar xk8 used | 48 |
jaguar xj | 109 | jaguar lease | 48 |
jaguar xj6 | 104 | jaguar s type used | 48 |
e type jaguar | 101 | 2004 jaguar | 45 |
jaguar accessory | 98 | jaguar convertible | 44 |
jaguar xkr | 93 | jaguar for sale | 44 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "jaguar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jaguar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نمر (tiger), اليغور نمر أمريكي, النمر المرقط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aymara | jahuari. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ягуар (american tiger, panther). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jaguár. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | jaguar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jaguar (jaguaro). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پلنگ خالدارامریکاءی(ج.ش). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jaguar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jaguar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιαγουάρος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jaguár (ounce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giaguaro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アメリカ豹 , ジャカード" (jacquard weave, Jakarta). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アメリカひょう, ジャガー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | baalam. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aguarjay jaguar (jaguaro). (various references) jaguar (american leopard, american tiger, panther). (various references) ягуар (american tiger, panther). (various references) jaguar. (various references) jaguar (american tiger, panther). (various references) tigri (cougar, mountain lion, puma), penitigri, peni, pakiratigri. (various references) jaguar (american tiger). (various references) เสือจากัวร์. (various references) jaguar (american leopard, american tiger). (various references) ягуар. (various references) chakmool. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Panthera onca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jaguar": jaguarondi, jaguarondis, jaguars, jaguarundi, jaguarundis. (additional references) | |
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"Jaguar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jaegar, jaga, jagar, jagaur, jaggar, jagir, Jagoe, Jaguare, Jaguer, jagur, Jajouka, Jakubac, januar, Jaquier, Jargeau, jauary, Jeaurat, jigar, Jigcar, Jinghua, jogar, Ragurag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jaguar" (pronounced ja"gwÄ'r) |
| 3 | -w Ä' r | memoir, repertoire, reservoir. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-j-r-u" | |
-1 letter: ajuga, jagra. | |
-2 letters: agar, ajar, aura, gaur, guar, juga, jura, raga, raja, ruga. | |
-3 letters: aga, gar, jag, jar, jug, rag, raj, rug. | |
-4 letters: aa, ag, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-j-r-u" | |
+1 letter: jaguars. | |
+4 letters: jaguarondi, jaguarundi. | |
+5 letters: jaguarondis, jaguarundis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 67 75 61 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .- --. ..- .- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01100111 01110101 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a g u a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 0067 0075 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)446773876784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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