chetah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
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
He was still warm; and he was flat—very flat, like a rug made of chetah skin.
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
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
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