chetah
Britishnoun
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A large Asiatic cat known as the chetah is somewhat used in hunting for sport, but the species has never been adopted in any definite way.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
He was still warm; and he was flat—very flat, like a rug made of chetah skin.
From It, and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris
The "chetah" is much smaller than the leopard, seldom exceeding seven feet from the nose to the end of tile tail.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
I'd told Ivy where I was going to spread the chetah and that after that I'd come straight home.
From It, and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris
Result: one neat and very flat rug made out of chetah.
From It, and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris
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