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LEOPARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

Synonyms:

leopard; Panthera pardus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("leopard" is a kind of...):

big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leopard"):

leopardess (female leopard)

panther (a leopard in the black color phase)

Holonyms ("leopard" is a member of...):

genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The pelt of a leopard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("leopard" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

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