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n. The leopard, especially in its black unspotted form.

n. See mountain lion.

n. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.

n. Any big cat of the genus Panthera.

n. A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

n. A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.

n. In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.

n. A leopard. See also cut under leopard.

n. The American cougar or puma, Felis concolor. See cut under cougar. Also called painter.

n. a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

n. a leopard in the black color phase

n. large American feline resembling a lion

"Of the larger quadrupeds belonging to this continent, the bears, and wolves, and foxes are often in motion by starlight; the moose and the deer frequently feed under a dark sky; the panther is almost wholly nocturnal; the wary and industrious beaver also works at night; that singular creature, the opossum, sleeps in his tree by day and comes down at night."

big cat    cat    leopard    panthera pardus    wild-cat   

black panther    Pink Panther    pantheress    Gray Panthers    Black Panthers   

leopard    tiger    lynx    boar    antelope    coyote    lioness    jaguar    hyena    deer