snow leopard
a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
Origin of snow leopard
1- Also called ounce2.
Words Nearby snow leopard
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How to use snow leopard in a sentence
His photography mainly focuses on endangered species, such as the snow leopard, the Pyrenean brown bear, or the Balearic shearwater.
A Close Encounter with a Flame-Bright Egyptian Vulture - Facts So Romantic | Sarah Gilman | December 15, 2021 | NautilusLions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and snow leopards are all members of genus Panthera.
Yet these pastoralists share this rugged, mountainous terrain with snow leopards and Himalayan wolves that routinely target their livestock, setting up what for centuries has been a classic man-versus-animal conflict.
Later she volunteered at snow leopard Trust and the Akre Tiger Sanctuary in Bellingham.
Tragedy in a Lion’s Lair: Sanctuary Intern Died Following Her Passion | Christine Pelisek | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, it is hardly ever seen below the snow-line, and is often known as the snow-leopard.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore Wood
Another leopard is the snow-leopard, which inhabits high altitudes only.
The Heart of Nature | Francis YounghusbandAnimal life seemed to abound, for while I was sketching the panorama before me, a snow leopard bounded gracefully past us.
In the Forbidden Land | Arnold Henry Savage LandorPrince Sanang, tell me, what man or what devil in all the chronicles of the past has ever tamed a Snow-Leopard?
The Slayer Of souls | Robert ChambersWhile I was sketching this panorama a snow leopard bounded gracefully before us.
An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet | A. Henry Savage Landor
British Dictionary definitions for snow leopard
a large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, of mountainous regions of central Asia, closely related to the leopard but having a long pale brown coat marked with black rosettes: Also called: ounce
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