pantherine
/ˈpanθərʌɪn/ /ˈpanθərɪn/adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a panther; dark or spotted like a panther; powerful, lithe, graceful.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From classical Latin panthērīnus of a leopard or similar animal, having markings typical of such an animal from panthēra + -īnus.
- protospatharios
- protospatharius
- protospermatoblast
- protospore
- protostar
- protostele
- protostelic
- protostellar
- protostomatous
- protostome
- protosulfate
- protosulphate
- protosun
- protosyntactical
- protosyntactically
- protosyntax
- prototaxic
- proto-Thames
- prototheca
- prototheme
- protothere
- Prototheria
- prototherian
- protothetic
- protothetics