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chetah

British  
/ ˈtʃiːtə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of cheetah

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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 Morris, Gouverneur

The chetah is a great big cat But very quick, for all of that, She's cunning but she's gentle, too, And if you're good she's good to you.

From Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain by Kirkwood, Edith Brown

Result: one neat and very flat rug made out of chetah.

From It, and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur

There are two distinct species of the leopard in Ceylon—viz., the "chetah," and the "leopard" or "panther."

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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 Baker, Samuel White, Sir