panda
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAnimalspandapan‧da /ˈpændə/ noun [countable]1
HBAa large black and white animal that looks like a bear and lives in the mountains of China2 HBAa small animal with red-brown fur and a long tail that lives in the southeastern HimalayasExamples from the Corpuspanda• The popular image of a panda munching a piece of bamboo is the one I have chosen for this month's design.• There were teddy bears and pandas seemingly fighting for a place in an armchair.• He designed our famous panda logo and was our first Chairman.• It was cooked by a woman, or something that looked like a woman but could have been a giant panda.• Female speaker Where are the pandas.• In 1970 a large area of bamboo flowered and died resulting in many deaths through starvation in the panda population.• The panda is a shy creature, not used to being in contact with other animals, particularly humans.Origin panda (1800-1900) Nepali
HBAa large black and white animal that looks like a bear and lives in the mountains of China2 HBAa small animal with red-brown fur and a long tail that lives in the southeastern HimalayasExamples from the Corpuspanda• The popular image of a panda munching a piece of bamboo is the one I have chosen for this month's design.• There were teddy bears and pandas seemingly fighting for a place in an armchair.• He designed our famous panda logo and was our first Chairman.• It was cooked by a woman, or something that looked like a woman but could have been a giant panda.• Female speaker Where are the pandas.• In 1970 a large area of bamboo flowered and died resulting in many deaths through starvation in the panda population.• The panda is a shy creature, not used to being in contact with other animals, particularly humans.Origin panda (1800-1900) Nepali