单词 | jaguarete |
释义 | jaguareten. Adaptation of the Guarani specific name for the jaguar; long mistaken by European writers for a distinct species or variety, and applied by some to the Black Jaguar. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera onca (jaguar) jaguar1604 tiger1604 panther1683 jaguarete1753 American tiger1774 Mexican tiger1842 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Jaguarete,..the name of a Brasilian beast of prey, accounted by Marggrave a species of tyger, but improperly; its roundish spots arguing it of the lynx or leopard kind... It much resembles the creature called Jaguara, but is larger. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 304 The sixth class..comprehends the Cat, the Lion, the Panther, the Leopard, the Jaguar, the Cougar, the Jaguarette, the Lynx, the Ounce, and the Catamountain. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 435/2 There is a black variety of the Jaguar..Felis nigra of Erxleben, and probably the Jaguarete of Marcgrave. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. vi. 230 This fact..prove[s] that the great jaguar of Terra Firma, like the jaguarete of Paraguay,..does not flee from man when it is dared to close combat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1753 |
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