Crossword-Solution: JAGUARONDI
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Jaguarondi | n. | A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a blackish hue. It is arboreal in its habits and feeds mostly on birds. |
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| a S. American wild cat, aka eyra | 2 answers |
| SOUTH American cat | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
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Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs.
Don Felix de Azara wrote of one which he kept on a chain that it was "as gentle and playful as any kitten could be." The name is sometimes applied to the jaguarondi.
The Jaguarondi lives in the thick forests of Brazil, Paraguay, and Guiana, where it always prefers the most impenetrable thickets, and is never seen in the open country.
Even when a domesticated Jaguarondi is chained up in a yard, it will “try a thousand shifts” to entice the fowls into its neighbourhood, and will then suddenly leap on and devour them.
The other large cats of Venezuela include the ocelot, jaguarondi, and margay, and there is the one fox-like “Azara’s” dog.