panther

noun

/ˈpænθə(r)/

/ˈpænθər/

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a leopard (= a large wild animal of the cat family), especially a black one
(also cougar, mountain lion (all North American English), puma especially in British English)
a large American wild animal of the cat family, with yellow-brown or grey furTopics Animalsc2

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pantere, from Latin panthera, from Greek panthēr. In Latin, pardus ‘leopard’ also existed; the two terms led to confusion: until the mid 19th cent. many taxonomists regarded the panther and the leopard as separate species.

单词	panther
释义	panther noun /ˈpænθə(r)/ /ˈpænθər/ jump to other results a leopard (= a large wild animal of the cat family), especially a black one (also cougar, mountain lion (all North American English), puma especially in British English) a large American wild animal of the cat family, with yellow-brown or grey furTopics Animalsc2 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pantere, from Latin panthera, from Greek panthēr. In Latin, pardus ‘leopard’ also existed; the two terms led to confusion: until the mid 19th cent. many taxonomists regarded the panther and the leopard as separate species.
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