Cheetah

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