leopard : Idioms & Phrases

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Hunting leopard

  • (Zoöl.), the cheetah.
  • . See Cheetah.
Webster 1913

Leopard cat

  • noun small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
    Felis bengalensis.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.) any one of several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis.
Webster 1913

leopard frog

  • noun common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
    Rana pipiens; spring frog.
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leopard lily

  • noun lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
    panther lily; Lilium pardalinum.
  • noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
    pine lily; tiger lily; Lilium catesbaei.
  • noun garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
    Belamcanda chinensis; blackberry-lily.
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leopard lizard

  • noun any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
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Leopard marmot

  • . See Gopher, 2.
Webster 1913

leopard plant

  • noun any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage
WordNet

leopard's bane

Leop"ard's bane`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.
Webster 1913

leopard's-bane

  • noun any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads
    leopardbane.
WordNet

sea leopard

Sea" leop"ard
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.
Webster 1913

Snow leopard

  • noun large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
    Panthera uncia; ounce.
WordNet
  • (Zool.), the ounce.
Webster 1913

Wood leopard

  • (Zoöl.), a European spotted moth (Zeuzera æsculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees.
Webster 1913