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Webster 1913 Edition


Guara


Gua′ra

,
Noun.
[Braz.
guará
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The scarlet ibis. See
Ibis
.
(b)
A large-maned wild dog of South America (
Canis jubatus
) – named from its cry.

Webster 1828 Edition


Guara

GU`ARA

,
Noun.
A bird of Brazil, the Tantalus ruber, about the size of a spoonbill. When first hatched, it is black; it afterward changes to gray, and then to vivid red.

Definition 2024


guara

guara

See also: Guará

English

Chrysocyon brachyurus
Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

Noun

guara (plural guaras)

  1. The maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus), native to much of subtropical central South America, east of the Andes.
Synonyms
  • (maned wolf): aguara, culpeu

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

guara (plural guaras)

  1. A bird, the scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber, native to the tropical Atlantic coast of South America.
maned wolf
scarlet ibis