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‖ jacare|ˈdʒækəreɪ|
[Tupi-Guarani jacaré, Pg. jacaré.]
A South American alligator.
[1648Marcgrave Hist. Nat. Brasil. 242 Iacare Brasiliensibus, Cayman æthiopibus in Congo, Crocodilus Latinis.] 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Jacare,..an animal found in the Brazils, and very little differing from the crocodile of the other parts of the world. 1869R. F. Burton Highlands Brazil II. 177 Here a dog swimming across the stream showed little apprehension of the ‘Jacare’ (Crocodilus Sclerops). 1878T. P. Bigg-Wither Pioneering S. Brazil II. 63 The jacaré a species of alligator..on the lower Ivahy. |