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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of jaguar" class="word__name--TTbAA">jaguar<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>big spotted cat of the Americas (<span class="foreign notranslate">Felis onca</span>), c. 1600, from Portuguese <span class="foreign notranslate">jaguar</span>, from Tupi <span class="foreign notranslate">jaguara</span>, said in old sources to denote any large beast of prey ["tygers and dogs," in Cullen's translation of Abbe Clavigero's "History of Mexico"]. Compare Tupi <span class="foreign notranslate">jacare</span> "alligator." As a type of stylish British-made car from 1935; in this sense the abbreviation <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Jag</strong></span> is attested by 1951.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201600">c. 1600</a></div></div></div></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of jaguar">Trends of <i>jaguar</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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