Meanings
nounjaguarundi (plural jaguarundis)
plural jaguarundis · alternative jaguarondi · alternative yaguarondi · alternative yagouarondi · alternative yagouaroundi
- A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, Herpailurus yagouaroundi.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlong-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
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Origin
- Old Tupiyawaundí
- Portuguesejaguarundi
- Englishjaguarundi
Borrowed from Portuguese jaguarundi, from Old Tupi yawaundí.
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Chinese Mandarin 細腰貓 /细腰猫, 美洲虎貓 /美洲虎猫
- 細腰貓 /细腰猫 (xìyāomāo)wild cat
- 美洲虎貓 /美洲虎猫 (Měizhōuhǔmāo)wild cat
Finnish jaguarundi
- jaguarundiwild cat
French jaguarondi
- jaguarondiwild cat
German Jaguarundi, Wieselkatze
- Jaguarundiwild cat
- Wieselkatzewild cat
Irish iaguarúndaí
- iaguarúndaíwild cat
Japanese ジャガランディ
- ジャガランディ (jagarandi)wild cat
Portuguese jaguarundi, gato-mourisco
- jaguarundiwild cat
- gato-mouriscowild cat
Russian ягуару́нди
- ягуару́нди (jaguarúndi)wild cat
Spanish yaguarundí, auje puma
- yaguarundíwild cat
- auje pumawild cat
- gato griswild cat
- gato morowild cat
- gato pardowild cat
- gato zontowild cat
- güiritowild cat
- león breñerowild cat
- león miquerowild cat
- leoncillowild cat
- onzawild cat
- tigrillo congowild cat
Turkish yaguarundi
- yaguarundiwild cat
Welsh jagwarwndi
- jagwarwndiwild cat
Cite this entry
APA
jaguarundi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaguarundi
MLA
“jaguarundi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaguarundi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jaguarundi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaguarundi.
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