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† ˈpardal Obs.
Also -ale.
[ad. L. pardalis a female panther, a. Gr. πάρδαλις fem. a panther; cf. obs. F. pardalide (Godef.): see pard1.]
Another name for the panther or leopard; more commonly identified with the leopard when this was supposed to be distinct from the panther.
1553Brende Q. Curtius v. K viij b, Great nombres of horses wyth Lyons, and Pardalles caried in cages. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 26 The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. ix. (1636) 551 Spotted with many spots, as is the Pardale or Leopard. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 84 They are enimies to the Pardal.
b. In L. form pardalis.
1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 667 The Pardalis [old edd. Pardelis] replied. |