hunting leopard

American  

noun

1. the cheetah.

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Etymology

Origin of hunting leopard

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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hunting leopard

He has fallen into quicksand; tumbled from peaks; sailed into a cyclone; been shot at, searched, and detained; had his dinghy swamped among hunting leopard seals.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019

It is generally admitted that the hunting leopard is the fastest animal in the world, as it can overtake upon open ground the well-known black-buck, which surpasses in speed the highest bred English greyhound.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

When all its nutriment has been converted into bone and muscle and sinew and nerve, then the mind bounds to its work, lithe and strong, like a hunting leopard on its game.

From The History of Dartmouth College by Smith, Baxter Perry

A party of bearers followed, carrying in a cage a cheetah or hunting leopard, an animal which may be described as in size and shape between the hound and the leopard.

From The Young Rajah by Gruine, W.G.C.

"When I heard it," Gilfain broke in, "remembering what you had said about the hunting leopard, I was deuced well bashed, I assure you."

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.