[Tupi-Guarani jacaré, Pg. jacaré.] A South American alligator.
[1648. Marcgrave, Hist. Nat. Brasil., 242. Iacare Brasiliensibus, Cayman Æthiopibus in Congo, Crocodilus Latinis.]
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Jacare,… an animal found in the Brazils, and very little differing from the crocodile of the other parts of the world.
1869. R. F. Burton, Highlands of Brazil, II. 177. Here a dog swimming across the stream showed little apprehension of the ‘Jacaré’ (Crocodilus sclerops).
1878. T. P. Bigg-Wither, Pioneering S. Brazil, II. 63. The jacaré a species of alligator … on the lower Ivahy.
