1. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
   - chetah [non-standard], Acinonyx jubatus

Sounds like: cheater

Derived forms: cheetahs

Type of: big cat, cat

Part of: Acinonyx, genus Acinonyx

Encyclopedia: Cheetah

• in the black
• in the buff
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• in the public eye
• in the raw
• in the same breath
• in the south
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