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Panther

noun

A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis. Synonyms: Felis onca, jaguar, Panthera onca.

A leopard in the black color phase.

Large American feline resembling a lion. Synonyms: catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, puma.

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"Panther" Quotes from Famous Books

... dozen places at once, leaping hither and thither about the room in sinuous bounds that reminded the woman of a panther she had seen at the zoo. Now a wrist-bone snapped in his iron grip, now a shoulder was wrenched from its socket as he forced a victim's arm ...

— The Return of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... ice bridges, and the excitement gave me strength once more. I was surprised at myself for not being more giddy when I walked along the narrow ice spines, but the crampons attached to my finneskoe were like cat's claws, and without the weight of the sledge I seemed to develop a panther-like tenacity, for I negotiated the dangerous parts with the utmost ease. After some twenty minutes hunting round I came to a great ...

— South with Scott • Edward R. G. R. Evans

... do so. The panther will not feed the young of the deer, nor will the hawk sit upon the eggs of the dove. It is life, it is order, it is nature. Each has his own to provide for and no more. Indian corn is good; tobacco is good, it gladdens the ...

— Monsieur Violet • Frederick Marryat

... where the earth was trampled and beaten, and plainly sprinkled with blood; "tell me, you who ar' hunters! what sort of animal has here met his death?—Speak!—Ye ar' men, and used to the signs of the plains; is it the blood of wolf or panther?" ...

— The Prairie • J. Fenimore Cooper

... Duchess de Valois had a young panther once which she had brought up from the milk. She was inquisitive, and used to try its temper. It was good sport, but one day she took away its food, gave it to the cat, and pointed her finger at monsieur the panther. The Duchess de Valois never bared her breast thereafter to an admiring world—a ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

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