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leop·ard

(lĕp′ərd)

a. A large wild cat (Panthera pardus) of Africa and southern Asia, having either tawny fur with dark rosettelike markings or black fur.

b. Any of several similar felines, such as the cheetah or the snow leopard.

2. Heraldry A lion in side view, having one forepaw raised and the head facing the observer.

[Middle English, from Old French leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek leopardos : Greek leōn, lion; see lion + Greek pardos, pard; see pard.]

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leopard

(ˈlɛpəd)

1. (Animals) Also called: panther a large feline mammal, Panthera pardus, of forests of Africa and Asia, usually having a tawny yellow coat with black rosette-like spots

2. (Animals) any of several similar felines, such as the snow leopard and cheetah

3. (Animals) clouded leopard a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches

4. (Heraldry) heraldry a stylized leopard, painted as a lion with the face turned towards the front

5. the pelt of a leopard

[C13: from Old French lepart, from Late Latin leōpardus, from Late Greek leópardos, from leōn lion + pardos pard² (the leopard was thought at one time to be the result of cross-breeding)]

ˈleopardess fem n

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leop•ard

(ˈlɛp ərd)

n.

1. a large, powerful, spotted Asian or African cat, Panthera pardus, usu. tawny with black markings.

2. the fur or pelt of this animal.

3. any similar cat, as the snow leopard.

4. a heraldic lion presented passant guardant.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Late Latin leōpardus < Greek leópardos, syncopated variant of leontópardos=leonto-, comb. form of léōn lion + párdos pard¹]

leop′ard•ess, n.

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Noun	1.	leopard - the pelt of a leopard fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
	2.	leopard - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots Panthera pardus big cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild genus Panthera, Panthera - lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers leopardess - female leopard panther - a leopard in the black color phase

leopard

noun

Related words
female leopardess
collective noun leap

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Translations

نـَمْرٌنِمِر

leopardlevhart

leopard

Leopard

λεοπάρδαλη

leopardo

leopardo pardal

leopard

leopardi

léopard

נמר

leopard

leopárd

hlébarîi

leopardo

ヒョウ

표범

leopardas

leopards

leopard

chui

เสือดาว

leopar pars panter

con báo

豹

leopard

[ˈlepəd] N → leopardo m
the leopard cannot change its spots → genio y figura hasta la sepultura

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leopard

[ˈlɛpə^rd] n → léopard m

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leopard

n → Leopard m; a leopard never changes its spots (Prov) → die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht (Prov)

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leopard

[ˈlɛpəd] n → leopardo
the leopard cannot or doesn't change its spots → il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio

leopard

(ˈlepəd) noun

a type of large spotted animal of the cat family.

leopard

→ نـَمْرٌ levhart leopard Leopard λεοπάρδαλη leopardo leopardi léopard leopard leopardo ヒョウ 표범 luipaard leopard lampart leopardo леопард leopard เสือดาว leopar con báo 豹

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The Leopard Man glanced casually over his finger nails in a manner which would have been critical had it not been so sad.

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THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of the two.

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Beyond these general characters their heads had little in common; each preserved the quality of its particular species: the human mark distorted but did not hide the leopard, the ox, or the sow, or other animal or animals, from which the creature had been moulded.

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The pelt of a leopard covered the nakedness of the youth; but the wearing of it had not been dictated by any prompting of modesty.

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As garmenture the women possessed a single robe of some light-colored, spotted hide, rather similar in appearance to a leopard's skin.

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For there was in the woods an animal of the leopard family, called tiger or "tigre" by the natives, that was exceedingly fierce and dangerous.

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With this intention, he took a spear in each hand, and threw a leopard's skin over his shoulders, to keep off the rain, and set forth on his travels, with his long yellow ringlets waving in the wind.

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Usually, after the lion came the leopard and sometimes the buzz of the tsetse fly.

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That night a little son was born in the tiny cabin beside the primeval forest, while a leopard screamed before the door, and the deep notes of a lion's roar sounded from beyond the ridge.

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So he sent messages to the other animals, like the lions and the leopards and the antelopes, to come and help with the nursing.

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They could distinguish sheep and goats too, confined in large cages, set up on piles to keep them out of reach of the leopards' fangs.

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Even if he could, there were the lions and the leopards and the hyenas, any one of which, as Tibo was well aware, was particularly fond of the meat of little black boys.