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panther
(encz) | panther,levhart n: zvíře Martin Král |
panther
(encz) | panther,panter n: Zdeněk Brož |
panther
(encz) | panther,pardál n: zvíře Martin Král |
panther
(gcide) | panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F.
panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr.
pundr[imac]ka a tiger.]
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1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by
some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is
marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are
darker than the color of the body.
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2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or
cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot.
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry
(Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color.
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panther
(gcide) | Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, n. [Braz. yago['a]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.]
(Zool.)
A large and powerful feline animal (Panthera onca, formerly
Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It
is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat
angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark
spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. It is also
called the panther and the American tiger.
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panther
(gcide) | Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[=u]"m[.a]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zool.)
A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from
Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its
color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, {mountain
lion}, and panther or painter.
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panther
(gcide) | Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name
in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.]
(Zool.)
An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling
the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny,
without spots; hence writers often called it the {American
lion}. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and
catamount. See Puma.
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panther
(wn) | panther
n 1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the
leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the
genus Felis [syn: jaguar, panther, Panthera onca,
Felis onca]
2: a leopard in the black color phase
3: large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar,
puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther,
Felis concolor] |
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panther cat
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panther lily
(encz) | panther lily, n: |
panthers
(encz) | panthers,levharti n: pl. Martin Král |
Cypraea pantherina
(gcide) | panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F.
panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr.
pundr[imac]ka a tiger.]
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1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by
some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is
marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are
darker than the color of the body.
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2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or
cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot.
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry
(Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color.
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Florida panther
(gcide) | cat \cat\ (k[a^]t), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw.
katt, Icel. k["o]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath,
Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. ga`ta, ga`tos, Russ.
& Pol. kot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. Cf.
Kitten.]
1. (Zool.) Any animal belonging to the natural family
Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the
genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat
is Felis domestica. The European wild cat ({Felis
catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the
United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to
the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as
the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred
to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and
Tiger cat.
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Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from
their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the
Angora cat; the Maltese cat; the Manx cat; the
Siamese cat.
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Laying aside their often rancorous debate over
how best to preserve the Florida panther, state
and federal wildlife officials,
environmentalists, and independent scientists
endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats
[female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas
and released. . . .
Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three
of the imports have died, but the remaining five
adapted to swamp life and have each given birth
to at least one litter of kittens. --Mark Derr
(N. Y. Times,
Nov. 2, 1999,
Science Times
p. F2).
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Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,
from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher
cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting
quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal
and timber trade.
(b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the
cathead of a ship. --Totten.
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3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six
feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever
position it is placed.
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4. An old game; specifically:
(a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is
played. See Tipcat.
(b) A game of ball, called, according to the number of
batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
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5. same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared
the cat.
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6. A catamaran.
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Angora cat, blind cat, See under Angora, Blind.
Black cat the fisher. See under Black.
Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.
"I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it."
--Coleridge.
Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large
hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to
the cathead.
Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]
Cat o' nine tails, an instrument of punishment consisting
of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a
handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare
back.
Cat's cradle, game played, esp. by children, with a string
looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The
string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of
another, at each transfer with a change of form. See
Cratch, Cratch cradle.
To bell the cat, to perform a very dangerous or very
difficult task; -- taken metaphorically from a fable about
a mouse who proposes to put a bell on a cat, so as to be
able to hear the cat coming.
To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly
or willfully. [Colloq.]
Bush cat, the serval. See Serval.
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Panther cat
(gcide) | panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F.
panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr.
pundr[imac]ka a tiger.]
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1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by
some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is
marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are
darker than the color of the body.
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2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or
cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot.
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry
(Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color.
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Panther cowry
(gcide) | panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F.
panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr.
pundr[imac]ka a tiger.]
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1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by
some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is
marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are
darker than the color of the body.
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2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or
cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot.
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry
(Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color.
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Panthera
(gcide) | Panthera \Panthera\ prop. n.
The genus of large felines including the lions; leopards;
snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; and saber-toothed
tigers.
Syn: genus Panthera.
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Panthera leo
(gcide) | Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[u^]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin
to Gr. le`wn. Cf. Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard.]
1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo,
formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most
parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the
different countries. The adult male, in most varieties,
has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his
apparent size, which is less than that of the largest
tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to
the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or
yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft
of the tail is black. In one variety, called the {maneless
lion}, the male has only a slight mane.
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
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3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person
who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at
that time.
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Such society was far more enjoyable than that of
Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.
--Prof.
Wilson.
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American lion (Zool.), the puma or cougar.
Lion ant (Zool.), the ant-lion.
Lion dog (Zool.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually
clipped to resemble a lion's mane.
Lion lizard (Zool.), the basilisk.
Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part;
-- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with
certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all
the prey.
Lion of Lucerne, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne,
Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821
as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis
XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10,
1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock,
is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and
dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield
bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.
Lion of St. Mark, a winged lion, the emblem of the
evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a
granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in
its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.
Lion of the North, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of
Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty
Years' War.
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Panthera onca
(gcide) | Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, n. [Braz. yago['a]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.]
(Zool.)
A large and powerful feline animal (Panthera onca, formerly
Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It
is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat
angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark
spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. It is also
called the panther and the American tiger.
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pantheress
(gcide) | pantheress \pan"ther*ess\, n. (Zool.)
A female panther.
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Pantherine
(gcide) | Pantherine \Pan"ther*ine\, a.
Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake
(Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.
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black panther
(wn) | Black Panther
n 1: a member of the Black Panthers political party |
black panthers
(wn) | Black Panthers
n 1: a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end
political dominance by Whites |
genus panthera
(wn) | genus Panthera
n 1: lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs;
saber-toothed tigers [syn: Panthera, genus Panthera] |
panther cat
(wn) | panther cat
n 1: nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America
having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: ocelot,
panther cat, Felis pardalis] |
panther lily
(wn) | panther lily
n 1: lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson
maroon-spotted flowers [syn: leopard lily, {panther
lily}, Lilium pardalinum] |
panthera
(wn) | Panthera
n 1: lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs;
saber-toothed tigers [syn: Panthera, genus Panthera] |
panthera leo
(wn) | Panthera leo
n 1: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India
having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn:
lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo] |
panthera onca
(wn) | Panthera onca
n 1: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the
leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the
genus Felis [syn: jaguar, panther, Panthera onca,
Felis onca] |
panthera pardus
(wn) | Panthera pardus
n 1: large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a
tawny coat with black spots [syn: leopard, {Panthera
pardus}] |
panthera tigris
(wn) | Panthera tigris
n 1: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat
with black stripes; endangered [syn: tiger, {Panthera
tigris}] |
panthera uncia
(wn) | Panthera uncia
n 1: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick
whitish fur [syn: snow leopard, ounce, {Panthera
uncia}] |
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