leopard
A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and AsiaA large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
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» A leopard cannot change his spots.
Горбатого могила виправить. — deniko
Як вовка не годуй, він все одно в ліс дивиться. — deniko
Горбатого хіба гріб вирівняє. — deniko
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7 sensesA large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
Leopard, Pard, Pardel
леопа́рдleopárd, барсbars
леопа́рдleopárd
A large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus).
(especially)The male of the species P. pardus, as distinguished from a leopardess.
A lion passant guardant.
More meanings 4
(broadly)A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
(broadly)A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa or Neofelis diardi), a large wild cat native to Asia.
(broadly)The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
- the pelt of a leopard
- large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
Origin
From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”),From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “pard, male leopard”), from earlier πάρδαλις (párdalis, “leopard”), probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian [script needed] (palang), Khwarezmian [script needed] (plyk), Sogdian [script needed] (pwrδnk), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng). Compare Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”). First attested in the late 13th c. (early 13th c. as a surname).
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plural: leopardsSynonyms
6 synonyms- large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots:Panthera pardus
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