leopard.
A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
Meaning & usage
A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus). The male of the species P. pardus, as distinguished from a leopardess.
A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa or Neofelis diardi), a large wild cat native to Asia.
A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
A lion passant guardant.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”), from earlier πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”), probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian [script needed] (palang), Khwarezmian [script needed] (plyk), Sogdian [script needed] (pwrδnk), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng). Compare Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”). First attested in the late 13th c. (early 13th c. as a surname).
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