Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jaguar"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, n. [Braz. yago['a]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large and powerful feline animal ({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. Called also the {American tiger}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

jaguar
n : 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}]


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