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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, noun [Braz. yago['a]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and powerful feline animal ({Panthera onca}, formerly {Felis onca}), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. It is also called the {panther} and the {American tiger}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jaguar
noun: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis [syn: {panther}, {Panthera onca}, {Felis onca}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaguar": Dalmatian, Leo, Siberian tiger, antigorite, bobcat, butterfly, candy cane, cat-a-mountain, catamount, chameleon, cheetah, chrysotile, confetti, cougar, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin, iris, leopard, lion, lynx, mackerel, mackerel sky, marble, marbled paper, moire, mother-of-pearl, mountain lion, nacre, ocelot, opal, ophite, painter, panther, patchwork quilt, peacock, puma, rainbow, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, simba, spectrum, tiger, tortoise shell, wildcat, zebra
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