Leopard
['lepəd] or ['lɛpɚd]
Definition
(noun.) large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots.
(noun.) the pelt of a leopard.
Typed by Joan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checker: Melanie
Definition
n. an animal of the cat kind with a spotted skin now generally supposed to be identical with the panther:—fem. Leop′ardess: (her.) a lion passant gardant.
Inputed by Byron
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a leopard attacking you, denotes that while the future seemingly promises fair, success holds many difficulties through misplaced confidence. To kill one, intimates victory in your affairs. To see one caged, denotes that enemies will surround but fail to injure you. To see leopards in their native place trying to escape from you, denotes that you will be embarrassed in business or love, but by persistent efforts you will overcome difficulties. To dream of a leopard's skin, denotes that your interests will be endangered by a dishonest person who will win your esteem.
Editor: Moll
Examples
- Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He still grasped Jane in one great arm as Tarzan bounded like a leopard into the arena which nature had provided for this primeval-like battle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Sheeta, the leopard, alone of all the jungle folk, tortured his prey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was Sheeta, the leopard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I know of one as big as a camel-leopard, by Jove. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These marks, however, were not to bear any resemblance of the lion or leopard’s head, these being the hall-marks of England. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If _she_ were like a cathowever, _he_, quite as much, resembled a leopard: nothing could be lighter than his tread when he chose. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Edited by Antony