Search Result for "panther_cat":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat;
[syn: ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F. panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr. pundr[imac]ka a tiger.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot. Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry (Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

panther cat n 1: nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: ocelot, panther cat, Felis pardalis]