Definition of leopards Leopards

/lɛˈpɚdz/ - [leperdz] -

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What does leopards mean?

Wiktionary

leopards (Noun)
Plural of leopard.

Part of speech

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leopards, noun, plural of leopard.

WordNet

Noun Plural: leopards
leopard - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
		Panthera pardus
		big cat, cat any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
		genus panthera, panthera lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
		leopardess female leopard
leopard - the pelt of a leopard

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Wiktionary

leopard (Noun)
A large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus, indigenous to Africa and Asia.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

leopard (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

leopard
A large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus, indigenous to Africa and Asia.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

leopard
lep′ard, 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. [O. Fr.,—L.,—Gr. leopardos—leōn, lion, pardos, pard.]

Wikipedia

A leopard ("Panthera pardus") is a big feline of the genus "Panthera". It lives in Africa and Asia.

Appearance.

Leopards generally have yellow fur with dark rosettes and spots, and a lighter colored underside. But there can be a lot of differences in the different leopard subspecies. There are also often leopards who are completely black, those are also called black panthers.

Habitat.

Originally the leopard lived in all of Africa (but not in the Sahara) and southern Asia. But today many leopard subspecies, especially in Asia, are endangered, disappearing or dying.

The leopard lives in the largest range of all big cats, and because of this it has a lot of different subspecies. Leopards also live in a lot of different environments: rainforests, forests, mountains and savannas.

Life.

The leopard is mostly active at night. It can climb very well, and it stays up in trees a lot of its time. It mostly eats middle-big mammals, but also birds, reptiles and insects. Leopards hunt at different times of the day, and they also use different methods for hunting. Most often leopards will secretly move towards their prey and attack it when they are close, or hide and wait for it to come close. After the hunt, leopards often take their prey up on a tree, or sometimes hide it, so that other animals cannot take it away.

Leopards usually live alone and try not to meet another leopard. They only come together to mate. Young leopards leave their mothers after 13 - 18 months.

Subspecies.

There are