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jaguarundi

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildcat

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguarundi, from Old Tupi yawaundí.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 細腰貓 /细腰猫 (xìyāomāo) — wild cat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美洲虎貓 /美洲虎猫 (Měizhōuhǔmāo) — wild cat
  • Finnish: jaguarundi — wild cat
  • French: jaguarondi — wild cat
  • German: Jaguarundi — wild cat
  • German: Wieselkatze — wild cat
  • Guarani: jaguarundi — wild cat
  • Irish: iaguarúndaí — wild cat
  • Japanese: ジャガランディ (jagarandi) — wild cat
  • Maltese: ġagwarundi — wild cat
  • Nahuatl: cuammiztli — wild cat
  • Portuguese: jaguarundi — wild cat
  • Portuguese: gato-mourisco — wild cat
  • Quechua: tuwi puma — wild cat
  • Russian: ягуару́нди (jaguarúndi) — wild cat
  • Spanish: yaguarundí — wild cat
  • Spanish: auje puma — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato gris — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato moro — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato pardo — wild cat
  • Spanish: gato zonto — wild cat
  • Spanish: güirito — wild cat
  • Spanish: león breñero — wild cat
  • Spanish: león miquero — wild cat
  • Spanish: leoncillo — wild cat
  • Spanish: onza — wild cat
  • Spanish: tigrillo congo — wild cat
  • Spanish: tigre miquero — wild cat
  • Turkish: yaguarundi — wild cat
  • Welsh: jagwarwndi — wild cat