panther

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The natural ferocity of the panther was at length so far subdued, that his fair mistress sometimes ventured, when he was in good-humor, to stroke his head and feel his paw.

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  1. noun The leopard, especially in its black unspotted form.
  2. noun See mountain lion.

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  • As he kept a lookout for the panther, a stone shifted beneath his foot and he stumbled. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • Trocero paced the floor like a panther, a lithe, restless man with the waist of a woman and the shoulders of a swordsman, who carried his years lightly. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • Among Anglo-American hunters, it is called the panther--in their patois_, "painter." —  The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
  • Lean as a panther, and as supple, he could clear a five-foot rail fence without the aid of his hand. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
  • There you will meet a man as lithe as a panther, his shoulders covered with gold, driving his sword through the neck of a bull. —  Sacrifice
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  1. Middle English pantere, from Old French and from Old English panthera, both from Latin panthēra, from Greek panthēr.

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  1. from Middle English panter, pantere, from Old French pantere, panthere, French panthère = Spanish pantera = Portuguese panthera = Italian pantera, from Latin panthera, panther, from Gr.πάνθηρ, a panther; ulterior origin unknown. The apparent formation in Greek, from πᾶς (παν-), all, + θήρ, beast, gave rise to various fancies about the animal.
 

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