jacaren.
/ˈdʒakəreɪ/ A South American alligator.
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1648 G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae 242 Iacare Brasiliensibus, Cayman Æthiopibus in Congo, Crocodilus Latinis.]
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Jacare,..an animal found in the Brazils, and very little differing from the crocodile of the other parts of the world.
1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. 177 Here a dog swimming across the stream showed little apprehension of the ‘Jacare’ (Crocodilus Sclerops).
1878 T. P. Bigg-Wither Pioneering S. Brazil II. 63 The jacaré a species of alligator..on the lower Ivahy.
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