chetah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Result: one neat and very flat rug made out of chetah.
From It, and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
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
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
Out rolled furs, many and many of them, black, and yellow, and striped--the pelts of the grizzly, of the leopard, the chetah, the royal Bengal himself.
From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan
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