Aguara
/əˈɡwɑːrə/noun
A South American canid, especially the maned wolf or crab-eating fox, depending on regional usage.
Did you know?Aguara comes from Guaraní, an Indigenous language of South America, and appears in zoological names such as aguará guazú, meaning the maned wolf.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian period
Guaraní
aguará
“A native Guaraní name for a South American wild canid.”
16th–17th Century
Spanish
aguará
“A borrowing from Guaraní used in descriptions of South American fauna.”
18th–19th Century
Spanish and Portuguese
aguará-guazú / aguaraçu
“Regional zoological forms referring to the maned wolf or related South American canids.”
19th Century
English
aguara
“An English zoological borrowing for a South American canid.”
Modern English
English
aguara
“A rare common name used for South American canids, particularly the maned wolf or crab-eating fox.”
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