Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the maned dog of South America, Canis jubatus. Also called
guara and culpeu.
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Examples
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As soon as Thalcave said the word aguara, Glenarvan knew that he meant the red wolf, for this is the name given to it by the Pampas Indians.
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Its fleetness, great staying powers, and beautiful strategy when hunted, make it seem probable that it was not without pursuers, other than the felines, among its ancient enemies, long-winded and tenacious of their quarry; and these were perhaps of a type still represented by the wolf or hound-like aguará and aguara-guazú.
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Singly, the aguara is not much to be feared; but they generally go in immense packs, and one had better have to deal with a jaguar or cougar than with them.
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The aguara only prowls about at night, and goes back to his lair with the first streak of dawn.
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With respect to the aguara of Paraguay, _see_ Rengger's work.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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