European jaguar

noun

An extinct species of jaguar, Panthera gombaszoegensis, which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene.

Meanings

nounEuropean jaguar (plural European jaguars)

plural European jaguars

  1. biologyAn extinct species of jaguar, Panthera gombaszoegensis, which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene.

    The European jaguar inhabited the continent from about 1.6 million years ago until around 500,000 years ago.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 152

Translations

Russian европе́йский ягуа́р
  • европе́йский ягуа́р (jevropéjskij jaguár)P. gombaszoegensis
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