: a large cat (Panthera onca) chiefly of Central and South America that is larger and stockier than the leopard and is brownish yellow or buff with black spots
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The jaguar is the largest New World cat. It was once found in wooded regions from the U.S.-Mexican border south to Patagonia, Currently, the jaguar survives, in reduced numbers, only in remote areas of Central and South America; the largest known population is in the Amazon rain forest. The male is 5.5-9.0 ft. (1.7-2.7 m) long, including the tail, which measures 23-35-in. (60-90-cm) long, and weighs 220-350 lbs. (100-160 kg). The coat is typically orange-tan with black spots arranged in rosettes with a black spot in the center. A solitary predator, the jaguar usually hunts rodents, deer, birds, and fish; it will also take cattle, horses, and dogs.
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Visitors will find jaguars, tigers, tree kangaroos, crocodiles, elephants, camels, chimpanzees, rhinos, Florida panthers and meerkats, among many others.—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025 Steve is out to find the jaguar shark who killed his partner, but Klaus finds his own enemy in a Zissou fan (Owen Wilson) who believes the undersea documentarian is his dad.
10.—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025 Below the elevated walkway where visitors watch, a jaguar patrols the edge of a fence.—Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025 However, there's one element synonymous with both the uniform and Jacksonville Jaguar franchise as a whole that — to no surprise — has remained the same: jaguar print.—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaguar
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