Panther
['pænθə] or ['pænθɚ]
Definition
(n.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.
(n.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Definition
n. a fierce spotted carnivorous quadruped of Asia and Africa:—fem. Pan′theress.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a panther and experience fright, denotes that contracts in love or business may be canceled unexpectedly, owing to adverse influences working against your honor. But killing, or over-powering it, you will experience joy and be successful in your undertakings. Your surroundings will take on fair prospects. If one menaces you by its presence, you will have disappointments in business. Other people will likely recede from their promises to you. If you hear the voice of a panther, and experience terror or fright, you will have unfavorable news, coming in the way of reducing profit or gain, and you may have social discord; no fright forebodes less evil. A panther, like the cat, seen in a dream, portends evil to the dreamer, unless he kills it.
Typist: Lolita
Examples
- Scarcely had they closed their eyes than the terrifying cry of a panther rang out from the jungle behind them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A few years ago the child of a British official was killed by a panther in one of its silent streets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Skins of lion and panther covered the floor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Even the lions and panthers had no fears for her now. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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