The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apar \A"par\, Apara \A"pa*ra\, n. [Native name apara.] (Zool.)
   See Mataco.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

apar
    n 1: South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
         [syn: apar, three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes
         tricinctus]

V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

APAR
       Authorized Program Analysis Report (IBM)