Jaguarundi

  • 11jaguarundi — also jaguarondi noun Etymology: American Spanish, from Old Guarani yaguarundi; akin to Tupi jawarundɨ jaguarundi Date: circa 1885 a slender long tailed short legged black, gray, or reddish wildcat (Felis yagouaroundi) chiefly of Central and South …

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  • 12jaguarundi — jaguarondi ou jaguarundi [ʒagwaʀɔ̃di] n. m. ÉTYM. Fin XIXe; mot d une langue indienne du Brésil, probablt apparenté au tupi jaguara. → Jaguar. ❖ ♦ Zool. Mammifère carnivore (Félidés) d Amérique tropicale, scientifiquement appelé felis eyra, grand …

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  • 13Jaguarundi — Ja|gu|a|run|di der; [s], [s] <aus gleichbed. port. u. span. jaguarundi, dies aus Tupi u. Guarani jagwarundi> eine marderähnliche Kleinkatze Mittel u. Südamerikas …

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  • 14jaguarundi cat — noun long bodied long tailed tropical American wildcat • Syn: ↑jaguarundi, ↑jaguarondi, ↑eyra, ↑Felis yagouaroundi • Hypernyms: ↑wildcat • Member Holonyms: ↑Felis, ↑ …

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  • 15jaguarundi — noun A medium sized Central and South American wild cat. Scientific name: Herpailurus yagouaroundi or Felis yagouaroundi …

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  • 16Jaguarundi — Wieselkatze * * * Jaguarụndi   [Tupí] der, s/ s, die Wieselkatze …

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  • 17jaguarundi — n. medium sized tropical wildcat with a long body and long tail (native of Central and South America) …

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  • 18jaguarundi — [ˌdʒagwə rʌndi] noun (plural jaguarundis) a small American wild cat with a uniform red or grey coat, slender body, and short legs, found from Arizona to Argentina. [Felis yagouaroundi.] Origin C19: from Port., from Tupi Guarani, from yaguára… …

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  • 19jaguarundi — jag·ua·run·di …

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  • 20jaguarundi — ja•gua•run•di [[t]ˌdʒɑ gwəˈrʌn di, gyu ə , ˌdʒæg wə , yu ə [/t]] n. pl. dis mam a mainly tropical American wildcat, Felis yagouaroundi, with a long body and tail • Etymology: 1880–85; < Pg < Guarani jaguarundy wildcat …

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