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leop·ard (lep′ərd)

noun pl. leopards -·ards or leopard -·ard

  1. any of various large, ferocious cats, including the jaguar and snow leopard, esp. a species (Panthera pardus) of Africa and S Asia usually having a tawny coat spotted with black
  2. Heraldry a lion represented in side view, with one foreleg raised and the head facing the viewer

Etymology: ME leoparde < OFr leupart < LL leopardus < Gr leopardos < leōn, lion + pardos, pard, panther

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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