panther
/ˈpænθəɹ/ noun B2- Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.
- Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
- A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
- A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.
- A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).
Plural panthers
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“I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye, How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie—”
The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat,
While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl,
It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.
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