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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 350 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JAGUAR .—See also:

SIZE

Size 7 to io ft. See also:

long . Is found in See also:

Mexico and See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

HONDURAS

Honduras . The markings are an irregular See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring formation with a spot in the centre . Leopards have rings only and cheetahs solid spots . Suitable only for hearthrugs . See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

Supply very limited .

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