guara

See also: Guará

English

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑɹə/

Etymology 1

From Brazilian Portuguese guará, from Guaraní aguara guasu (“large fox”).

Noun

guara (plural guaras)

1. A maned wolf, of species 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.

References

• “guara”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

maned wolf

• Maned wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chrysocyon brachyurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chrysocyon brachyurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

scarlet ibis

• Scarlet ibis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eudocimus ruber on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eudocimus ruber on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• garua, gaura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾa/ [ˈɡwa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: gua‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

guara f (plural guaras)

1. guara (bird)

Etymology 2

Verb

guara

1. inflection of guarir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014