pan´ther|like´

pan´ther|like´
pan|ther «PAN thuhr», noun, plural -thers or (collectively) -ther.
1. a puma; cougar; mountain lion.
2. a leopard, especially the black leopard.
3. = jaguar. (Cf.jaguar)
[spelling alteration of Middle English panter < Old French pantere, learned borrowing from Latin panthēra < Greek pánthēr]
pan´ther|like´, adjective.
Pan|ther «PAN thuhr», noun.
= Black Panther. (Cf.Black Panther)

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