leopard

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  1. noun A large, ferocious cat (Panthera pardus) of Africa and southern Asia, having either tawny fur with dark rosettelike markings or black fur.
  2. noun Any of several felines, such as the cheetah or the snow leopard.
  3. noun The pelt or fur of this animal.
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  • He's now looking for the snow leopard, which is high on his list of must-sees. —  The Informers
  • She had been Dro, and the leopard was their heraldic symbol. —  Witch Gate.htm
  • "But how did any cat as big as this one--leopard or any other kind of cat--pack off our boxes of equipment Perhaps in its teeth," Long Tom suggested Monk turned around and frowned critically at the girl. —  049 - The Mental Wizard
  • Zakumi the leopard is the third big cat to be named mascot, after England's World Cup Willie and Germany's Goleo VI forty years later. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Both animals are natives of Africa, and both were supposed to exist in Asia; but it is doubtful whether that known as the leopard extends beyond the limits of the African continent. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
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  1. Middle English, from Old French leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek leopardos : Greek leōn, lion; see lion + Greek pardos, pard; see pard.

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  1. Early modern English also libbard; from Middle English lepard, lepart, lipard, leopard, leoperd, leopart, also lebard, lebbard, libard, libart, liberd, lyberde, lybart, etc., = Dutch luipaard = G. Danish Swedish leopard, from Old French leopard, leopart, lepart, French léopard = Provencal leopart, leupart, lupart = Spanish Portuguese Italian leopardo, from Latin leopardus, from Greek λεόπαρδος, λεοντόπαρδος, a leopard, from λέων (λεοντ -), a lion, + πάρδος, a pard : see lion and pard.
 

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