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. 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.

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