cheetah
/ˈtʃiːtə
/noun
A large slender spotted cat found in Africa and parts of Asia. It is the fastest animal on land.
- Acinonyx jubatus, family Felidae.
- Here, in open vehicles, accompanied by rangers and trackers, you are virtually guaranteed close-ups of lions, leopards and cheetahs, and possibly even wild dogs.
- I don't rightly know how these panthers and cheetahs and tigers came to inhabit the park in the first place.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Hindi cītā, perhaps from Sanskrit citraka 'leopard'.
Rhymes
- rose-breasted grosbeak
- rose-breasted robin
- rose breccia
- rose-briar
- rosebud
- rosebud nail
- rose burner
- rose bush
- rose cake
- rose campion
- rose catarrh
- rose chafer
- rose-cheeked
- rose cockatoo
- rose cold
- rose color
- rose-color
- rose-colored cockatoo
- rose-colored pastor
- rose-colored spoonbill
- rose-colored vervain
- rose colour
- rose-coloured
- rose-coloured cockatoo
- rose-coloured pastor