A jaguar is a large animal of the cat family with dark spots on its back.
jaguar in British English
(ˈdʒæɡjʊə)
noun
a large feline mammal, Panthera onca, of S North America, Central America, and N South America, similar to the leopard but with a shorter tail and larger spots on its coat
Word origin
C17: from Portuguese, from Tupi jaguara, Guarani yaguara
jaguar in American English
(ˈdʒægˌwɑr; ˈdʒægjuˌɑr)
nounWord forms: pluralˈjaguars or ˈjaguar
the largest New World predatory cat (Panthera onca), yellowish with black spots, found from SW U.S. to Argentina