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# jaguar

noun (a jaguar, jaguars; Jaguar — a car make)

«jaguar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A jaguar is a big, powerful wild cat of Central and South America, with golden fur covered in rosettes that have spots inside them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#m1)
2. Jaguars are strong swimmers and hunt in rainforests and swamps, catching capybaras, fish, turtles and even caimans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#m2)
3. Jaguar (with a capital J) is a British make of expensive car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons jaguars come up in Amazon rainforest food chains (top predator) and in comparing big cats: the jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and has the strongest bite for its size. In history lessons, the Maya and Aztecs honoured the jaguar as a symbol of power. Pupils learn to tell jaguars from leopards: jaguars are stockier and their rosettes have dots in the middle.

### Examples

- The jaguar crept silently through the rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x1)
- Jaguars are the biggest cats in South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x2)
- Unlike most cats, jaguars love water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x3)
- A jaguar's rosettes have little spots inside them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x4)
- The jaguar pounced on a caiman by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x5)
- The ancient Maya carved jaguars on their temples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x6)
- My uncle's new car is a Jaguar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x7)
- This is almost identical with a story quoted by Mr. Smith, where the jaguar is about to marry the deer's daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/#x8)

### Note

Plural «jaguars». Said «JAG-yoo-ar» (UK) or «JAG-wahr» (US). Jaguars live only in the Americas; leopards live in Africa and Asia — if you see a spotted big cat in Africa, it is not a jaguar.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jaguar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaguar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jaguar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jaguar.html) on Mova free.