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panther

[pan-ther] / ˈpæn θər /
NOUN
large cat
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It featured a female panther resting its paws on a severed head, and was probably attached to the body of a carriage or wagon or to the yoke, which hitched draught animals to the vehicle.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

The bathrooms are decorated with faux marble, and the image of a black panther with a yellow eye fixed on customers as they freshen up.

From Barron's Dec. 22, 2025

But beneath Sophie’s polished facade lurks a yearning for danger symbolized by the panther tattoo on her thigh.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

It was the screensaver of a black panther that first inspired the look of Toothless in the animated films.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2025

“Khalid,” I say, “why’d you choose a dragonfly? Why not something cool, like a lion or a panther or a wolf?”

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Suraci and colleagues instead focused on the Olympic Peninsula, where mountain lions -- variously known as cougars, pumas or panthers -- have long been established.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Mountain lions, also called pumas, cougars, catamounts or panthers, can be found throughout North America, but now are mostly in 15 western states, according to the Mountain Lion Foundation.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

They’ve been told to buddy up when taking trips to the latrines because of “alligators and Florida panthers and venomous snakes and different types of creatures.”

From Salon Jul. 17, 2025

A rhinoceros, elephant, panthers, wolves, lions, bears, tigers, monkeys, and dozens of other animals were out of their cages.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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