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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

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leopard Synonyms

leopard

n.

panther, hunting leopard, jaguar; see animal 2, cat 2.


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leopard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spot: Can you spot the snow leopard on these rocks?

Adjective modifier

  • elusive: There, they come across the Thornberry family who are seeking an elusive white leopard.

Modifies a noun

  • gecko: High Yellow These leopard geckos have reduced spotting on a bright yellow body.

Noun used with modifier

  • snow: Can you spot the snow leopard on these rocks?
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leopard quotes

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw likethe ox. And thesucking child shall playonthehole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L, as the waters cover the sea.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? thenmay yealso dogood, that areaccustomedto do evil.

-Bible (Old Testament)

That will not bring back the things we love: the high, clear days and the blue icecaps on the mountains; the lines of white poplars fluttering in the wind, and the long white prayer flags† Nor shall we get back the smell of the beanfields; the sweet, resinous smell of deodar wood burning, or the whiff of a snow leopard at14,000 feet. Never. Never. Never.

-Chatwin, Bruce

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