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jaguar (n.)
big cat of the Americas (
Felis onca
), c. 1600, from Portuguese
jaguar
, from Tupi
jaguara
, said to be a name "denoting any larger beast of prey" [Klein]. Also a type of British-made car; in this sense the abbreviation
Jag
is attested from 1959.