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cheetah|ˈtʃiːtə|
Also 8 chittah, 9 cheeta, chetah.
[a. Hind. chītā, f. Skr. chitraka speckled, variegated.]
The Hunting Leopard, Felis jubata, which is tamed and used for hunting deer in India.
[1704tr. Caveri's Trav. in Churchill's Coll. IV. 198 There are three sorts of Tigers, called Bibo, Cito, and the Royal.] 1781Phil. Trans. LXXI. 2 The hunting Leopard, or Indian Chittah. 1823Sport. Mag. LXII. 282 The cheeta resembles the panther, but is taller and lightly made. 1881Hunter Gaz. Ind. IV. 619 The cheetah or hunting leopard must be carefully distinguished from the leopard proper.
¶ It has been suggested that this animal is referred to by Shakes. (2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 105) as ‘tame Cheater’; but apart from the fact that this phrase elsewhere has a clear meaning, no channel is known through which Shakespeare could have heard of the Cheetah. |