a long-bodied and long-tailed tropical wildcat, Felis yagouaroundi, having a brownish-gray coat and a second color phase of reddish-brown: now reduced in number and endangered in some areas; jaguarundi
Word origin
[1855–60; ‹ AmerSp ‹ Tupi eira(ra)]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, kickoff, lavabo, pickup, pipeline