jaguarundi

Questions about jaguarundi

What does jaguarundi mean?

jaguarundi means "long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat".

How many syllables are in jaguarundi?

jaguarundi has 5 syllables: ja-gu-a-run-di. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for jaguarundi?

Close synonyms include jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jaguarundi a common word?

jaguarundi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.