leopard
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leopard/ˈlepəd/
▶noun (fem. leopardess) a large solitary cat that has a fawn or brown coat with black spots, found in the forests of Africa and southern Asia. [Panthera pardus.]
■ Heraldry a lion passant guardant as in the arms of England.
■ [as modifier] spotted like a leopard.
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. leopardus, from late Gk leopardos, from leōn ‘lion’ + pardos (see pard).
'leopard' also found in these Oxford entries:
big cat
- cat
- cheetah
- clouded leopard
- leopard frog
- leopard lily
- leopard's bane
- leopard seal
- ounce
- panther
- pard
- pardalote
- snow leopard
