Leopard

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leopard \Leop"ard\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd), n. [OE. leopart, leparde,
     lebarde, libbard, OF. leopard, liepart, F. l['e]opard, L.
     leopardus, fr. Gr. leo`pardos; le`wn lion + pa`rdos pard. See
     {Lion}, and {Pard}.] (Zool.)
     A large, savage, carnivorous mammal ({Felis leopardus}). It
     is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters


     of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in
     Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther ({Felis
     pardus}) is regarded as a variety of leopard.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hunting leopard}. See {Cheetah}. 
  
     {Leopard cat} (Zool.) any one of several species or varieties
        of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and
        the East Indies; esp., {Felis Bengalensis}.
  
     {Leopard marmot}. See {Gopher}, 2.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leopard
       n 1: the pelt of a leopard
       2: large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a
          tawny coat with black spots [syn: {Panthera pardus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "leopard":
     Dalmatian, Leo, Siberian tiger, antigorite, bobcat, butterfly,
     candy cane, cat-a-mountain, catamount, chameleon, cheetah,
     chrysotile, confetti, cougar, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin,
     iris, jaguar, lion, lynx, mackerel, mackerel sky, marble,
     marbled paper, moire, mother-of-pearl, mountain lion, nacre,
     ocelot, opal, ophite, painter, panther, patchwork quilt, peacock,
     puma, rainbow, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, simba,
     spectrum, tiger, tortoise shell, wildcat, zebra
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Leopard
     (Heb. namer, so called because spotted, Cant. 4:8), was that
     great spotted feline which anciently infested the mountains of
     Syria, more appropriately called a panther (Felis pardus). Its
     fierceness (Isa. 11:6), its watching for its prey (Jer. 5:6),
     its swiftness (Hab. 1:8), and the spots of its skin (Jer.
     13:23), are noticed. This word is used symbolically (Dan. 7:6;
     Rev. 13:2).