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'wild beast that overcomes its prey at a bound'. Because jaguar also applies to other animals, indigenous peoples in Guyana call it jaguareté, with the added sufix eté, meaning "true beast"."Onca" is derived from the Portuguese name onça for a spotted cat that is larger than a lynx; cf. ''ounce''. The word "panther" is derived from classical Latin panthera, itself

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