3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[imac]t[=a].] (Zool.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[ae]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {Cyn[ae]lurus laneus}. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting. [Written also {chetah}.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cheetah n : long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game [syn: {chetah}, {Acinonyx jubatus}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cheetah": Leo, Siberian tiger, bobcat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cougar, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, mountain lion, ocelot, painter, panther, puma, simba, tiger, wildcat
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