Word familynounpantheresspantheradjectivepantherinepantherish
Related topics: Animals
pan·ther /ˈpænθə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]
1.HBAa large wild animal that is black and a member of the cat family 黑豹 →4 See picture of 见图 BIG CAT →5see picture at 见图big cat
2.American EnglishAmEHBA a cougar 美洲狮
Examples from the Corpus
panther• He was cat-cautious, lithe as a panther, and thoroughly at home.• He would move, she guessed, with the supple grace of a panther.• Neither had I, but Siegfried prowled up and down like a caged panther as though willing something to happen.• Rangers coaxed the two remaining panthers down into the Everglades last year.• He solved the Chelsi problem by having her noisily eaten by a Stygian panther in the lab menagerie.• Some of these Knights adopted the panther as their emblem, and the Knight Panther was created.• The idea had reminded the old man of those last two panthers in electronic collars.