leopardess
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of leopardess
Example Sentences
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Nature The new episode “The Leopard Legacy” relates the family saga of a powerful leopardess that rules over a large realm along the Luangwa River of Zambia.
From Los Angeles Times
"When I think of the things he said about her at first: 'female leopardess,' and 'did you take him for a lion tamer?'"
From Project Gutenberg
"A fine lass that," said the man who sat nearest him, as the barmaid moved across the room, with the force and rude grace of a leopardess.
From Project Gutenberg
When she comes into a room she makes an impression the same as the beauty of a leopardess....
From Project Gutenberg
As he looked in to her eyes he fancied that he saw a young leopardess from an African jungle looking at him through the lithe, graceful form of a Southern woman.
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