Leopard

  • 61leopard — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lepart, leupart, from Late Latin leopardus, from Greek leopardos, from leōn lion + pardos leopard Date: 13th century 1. a large strong cat (Panthera pardus) of southern Asia and Africa that is… …

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  • 62leopard — noun Leopard is used before these nouns: ↑skin …

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  • 63Leopard — Leoparden er den af de store katte, der har størst udbredelse. Der findes leoparder næsten overalt i Afrika, i store dele af Asien, fra Tyrkiet over Mellemøsten til Indonesien og Rusland. Leoparden trives i næsten alle former for landskab fra… …

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  • 64Leopard — Le·o·pạrd [leo ] der; en, en; ein großes Tier (eine Raubkatze) mit einem gelblichen Fell mit runden schwarzen Flecken (das besonders in Asien und Afrika lebt) || Abbildung unter Raubkatzen || K : Leopardenfell || NB: der Leopard; den, dem, des… …

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  • 65leopard — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. panther, hunting leopard, jaguar; see animal 2 , cat 2 …

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  • 66Leopard — Le|o|pạrd 〈m.; Gen.: en, Pl.: en; Zool.〉 Großkatze mit gelbem Fell u. braunschwarzen Punkten: Panthera pardus; Syn. Panther, Pard, Parder [Etym.: <lat. leopardus <leo »Löwe« + pardus »Leopard«] …

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  • 67leopard — noun (fem. leopardess) a large solitary cat that has a fawn or brown coat with black spots, found in the forests of Africa and southern Asia. [Panthera pardus.] ↘Heraldry a lion passant guardant as in the arms of England. ↘[as modifier] spotted… …

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  • 68leopard — noun (C) 1 a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and southern Asia 2 a leopard can t change its spots used to say that people cannot change their character …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 69leopard — leop•ard [[t]ˈlɛp ərd[/t]] n. 1) mam a large, powerful, spotted Asian or African cat, Panthera pardus, usu. tawny with black markings 2) clo the fur or pelt of this animal 3) mam any similar cat, as the snow leopard 4) her a heraldic lion… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 70leopard — leo|pard sb., en, er, erne, i sms. leopard , fx leopardskind …

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