leopard — Kamus bahasa Inggris

Nomina

1. A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).

   Contoh

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   During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree signaled the same potential danger as did a leopard itself.

   The leopard (Panthera pardus or Felis pardus cf tulliana) is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.

   Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.

2. A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus). The male of the species P. pardus, as distinguished from a leopardess.

   Penggunaan

   • especially

3. A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.

   Penggunaan

   • broadly

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   There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary life in the remote jungles of Asia, from Nepal to Borneo.

4. A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa or Neofelis diardi), a large wild cat native to Asia.

   Penggunaan

   • broadly

5. A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.

   Penggunaan

   • broadly

6. A lion passant guardant.

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   Sometimes there is confusion over the heraldic leopard, the question being—When is a leopard not a leopard? There is a theory that the lion and leopard were the same thing, and that they were named entirely depending on their attitude—thus if the animal was passant guardant it was a leopard, but when rampant it was a lion. Nowadays a leopard is the genuine spotted article and quite unmistakeable. Some people still speak, wrongly, of the leopards of England, but it does no great harm as it is an ancient expression and everybody knows what it means.

7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.

Nomina

1. the pelt of a leopard

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   furpelt

2. large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

   Sinonim

   Panthera pardus

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   big catcat