Originally: an exotic spotted big cat that was believed to be distinct from the leopard. Now: a leopard (Panthera pardus), esp. a melanistic one.

A panther, a leopard; (also) an animal resembling these. Now archaic.

A large carnivorous quadruped, Felis pardus, otherwise called the Panther, a native of Africa and southern Asia. Its coat is yellowish fawn…

A name applied originally to the leopard or panther; by Goldsmith to the Ocelot (Felis pardalis), and by others to species of Tiger-cat.

= pard, n.1 1.

Applied to other animals of the same genus, as in America to the Jaguar, Felis onca, and the Puma or Cougar, F. concolor (rare); and esp. in…

Any of various wild cats inhabiting mountainous country; (North American) a puma, lynx, or bobcat. Cf. catamount, n.

= catamountain, n.; a pard or panther. Obsolete.

= pard, n.1 1.

A blackish (melanistic) form of a big cat. A leopard, Panthera pardus, with black fur, in which the spots may or may not be visible.

A kind of leopard, the Cynailurus guttata.