Crossword clues for jaguarundi
Wiktionary
n. A medium-sized Central and South American wild cat, (taxlink Puma yagouaroundi species noshow=1), (taxlink Herpailurus yagouaroundi species noshow=1) or ''Felis yagouaroundi''.
WordNet
n. long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi]
Wikipedia
The jaguarundi or eyra cat (Puma yagouaroundi) is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units beyond the megareserves of the Amazon Basin could sustain long-term viable populations. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called gato colorado, gato moro, león brenero, onza, tigrillo, and leoncillo. The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation of its common English and Portuguese name is . It is also called gato-mourisco, eirá, gato-preto, and maracajá-preto in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes from Old Tupi yawaum'di.
Usage examples of "jaguarundi".
In short order they were arranged as required, with Havoc to the west, then Jaguarundi, Doc Madsen, Lobo, Raphaela, and Sparrow Hawk.
His extra foot of height gave him an advantage, compelling Jaguarundi to extend those flashing arms to their limit, making the hybrid work harder.
Hawk and Jaguarundi drew closer, and finally halted in front of the giant.
He speculated on whether a similar situation was developing between Raphaela and Jaguarundi, and decided he was making a mountain out of the proverbial molehill.
Blade repeated, recalling his discussion with Jaguarundi about Utopia, and grinned.
If Jaguarundi died, and odds were that the hybrid had already been slain, then he had to accept the responsibility.
Blade ordered, his eyes on the clash between Jaguarundi and a Devil armed with two machetes: He counted the four rows of bandits enclosing the combatants and discovered there were 53.
Devils in pursuit of Jaguarundi had stopped and whirled at the sound of the detonations.
Federation, the faction from which Jaguarundi hailed, was known as the Civilized Zone.
Third category embraced the hybrids, those beings who, like Jaguarundi, were the product of genetic engineering.
Once there, Blade faced the problem of how to rescue Raphaela and possibly Jaguarundi against impossible odds.
Raphaela gave a squeal of delight as Jaguarundi stopped and lowered her to the ground.
Part feline, part human, the creature known as Jaguarundi had been created in a test tube by a genetic engineer.
Madsen, Sparrow Hawk, and Jaguarundi were driving a wedge into the mob, working together, standing side by side and hurling all corners from their path.
As did the animal he resembled, his namesake, Jaguarundi possessed a small oval head, feline ears, eerie green eyes with vertical slits instead of circular pupils, and thin lips that were pulled back in a warm grin, in the process exposing his thin, tapered teeth.