Jaguar’s annual check-up perhaps upset cat (3)

I believe the answer is:

tom

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'cat' is the definition.
(a tom is a male cat)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for tom that I've seen before include "Repeated twice, this becomes an African drum" , "He is associated with Dick and Harry" , "Thumb" , "What Dick Whittington had" , "Boy - cat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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