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  • adjective Attributive form of snow leopard, noun.

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Examples

  • “Expect to see lots of snow-leopard plush in the gift shop,” says zoo director Jeff Sailer.

    The Leopards’ New Spot 2009

  • Ms. Chin and her team of more than 20 graphic designers, landscape architects and exhibition developers began studying snow-leopard behavior and habitat in 2005.

    The Leopards’ New Spot 2009

  • A snow-leopard photo graces zoo maps, and on Thursday the zoo held a raffle with New York public school children to rename both females.

    The Leopards’ New Spot 2009

  • The funds will help pay for a snow-leopard exhibit at the society's Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, to be called The Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit, set to open in spring 2009.

    Pet Project 2007

  • Graze on the grasses of the western Himalayas Among mammals of the Zone is snow-leopard, the most beautiful animal hunted for its attractive skin.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • Graze on the grasses of the western Himalayas Among mammals of the Zone is snow-leopard, the most beautiful animal hunted for its attractive skin.

    India Wildlife Tours Thatsnews 2006

  • Only in the ivory saloon was there comparative peace, with Yehonala looking uncommon fetching in a magnificent snow-leopard robe with a gigantic collar, sitting at ease while Little An fussed about her, and half a dozen of her ladies waited in a respectful semi-circle at the far end, all dressed for the road.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • Only in the ivory saloon was there comparative peace, with Yehonala looking uncommon fetching in a magnificent snow-leopard robe with a gigantic collar, sitting at ease while Little An fussed about her, and half a dozen of her ladies waited in a respectful semi-circle at the far end, all dressed for the road.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • Only in the ivory saloon was there comparative peace, with Yehonala looking uncommon fetching in a magnificent snow-leopard robe with a gigantic collar, sitting at ease while Little An fussed about her, and half a dozen of her ladies waited in a respectful semi-circle at the far end, all dressed for the road.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • Once Frank and Muriel excitedly watched a snow-leopard stalking one of these big-horned sheep sixteen thousand feet above the sea-level.

    The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

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