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Meanings of panther in English
Species of feline (Puma concolor) tawny-colored with black-tipped ears and tail.
A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis.
Synonyms
Examples for "painter"
Examples for "painter"
1
In the street the painter began at once in his rapid French:
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The poet only addresses the imagination; the painter addresses the senses directly.
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The Occidental painter renders minute detail; he satisfies the imagination he evokes.
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In these representations the painter and the glass-stainer vied with the sculptor.
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But the painter represents the personages and the background in two dimensions.
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She recognised in the puma-asin others of his race- adeadlyenemy.
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Three big hutches, however, went up to the house with the puma.
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The puma is in build like the lion, but has no mane.
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For the discerning puma consumer Things are clearly not what they were.
5
There against the weird solitary sky the man and the puma fought.
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The animal making the easiest prey for the cougar is the elk.
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The colt had turned just in time, and the cougar fell short.
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In the United States, the cougar is hunted by dog and gun.
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I sure hoped it wasn't a bear-or, more likely, a cougar.
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The lunch party and the cougar were then photographed on the lawn.
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The catamount was disturbed by the shrill echoes of a human voice.
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The catamount had shifted his position, and the boys saw him plainly.
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He was frightened to see the catamount within six feet of him.
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None of the other men see you as their catamount, my prince.
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But there was one source of profound satisfaction,-thecatamount had been killed.
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The animal before them was what is now called the South American lion, or puma.
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The Puma, or South American Lion, is not uncommon.
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The American lions were definitely sexually dimorphic.
4
"No, no; it is a puma-theSouth American lion," I sang out.
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In South America the corresponding animal is the jaguar, and in North America the cougar or catamount, and sometimes the American lion.
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The mountain lion is a good animal and watches over the people.
2
Mariann was stalked by a large mountain lion a few years back.
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At the second door a mountain lion or panther was the guardian.
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The cougar or mountain lion behaved exactly as the others had done.
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And the man yow-yowls, and makes noises like a wild mountain lion.
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And he pointed to the painted cat upon the lid of the packing-case.
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He put the enamel figure into his pocket and taking up the broken board which bore the painted cat:
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There is a great red lion whom I love for his pleasant ways.
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Next, Peter took down his gift-theshield with the great red lion on it, and the royal sword.
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He died at his home in Red Lion Square, London, in 1776.
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High pressure indeed had passed away from the Red Lion for ever.
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Mr. Dempster did not stay long at the Red Lion that evening.
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I gazed down at her, and I could almost see the red tiger over me like a hood.
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We counted forty-two different specimens; those yellow orchids you are so proud of at home, also red tiger-lilies, phloxes, and endless other varieties.
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"The red tiger mongrel that you made your lover," he said.
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He describes the case of the formerly endangered and badly inbred Florida panther.
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The same technique helped revitalize an inbred population of Florida panthers.
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In contrast, earlier studies have shown that genetic introgression positively affected Florida panther survival.
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I thought it might be a bear or one of those Florida panthers I've read about.
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The federal wildlife service considers the Florida panther the most endangered mammal in the eastern United States.
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Lillehorne inspected the silver lion's-head that topped his cane.
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Lillehorne tapped the palm of his gloved left hand with the silver lion's-head that adorned his black-lacquered cane.
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He was followed by Janki Meijer, who, supporting himself on his walking stick with the silver lion's-head handle, slowly and solemnly limped to the lectern.
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That mission was to discover the Silver Lion, a no very difficult task.
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Tell me, Mr. Hay, do you know the Café of the Silver Lion?
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This habit has won for him another name-thatof Sneak Cat.
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The last named feared him as they did the Indian devil.
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One of these was Lox, the Wolverine, or Indian Devil.
3
Now while they were sound asleep, Lox, the Wolverine, or Indian Devil, came prowling round.
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Including the Mysterious and Wonderful Works of Lox, the Great Indian Devil, who rose from the Dead
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Jumbo, the demon of Africa, has them under his command, and they equally obey the Yabahou, or Demerara Indian devil.
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"I always loved 'em," said he; "horses, dogs, Mexican lions, cows, alligators-
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On the head of one was a helmet of wood, fashioned to represent the head of the puma, or Mexican lion.
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Then a hundred pounds of Mexican lion plumped down upon his head and flattened him, with a heavy jar, to the ground.
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Ten yards away, to her right, half concealed by a clump of sacuista, Givens saw the crouching form of the Mexican lion.
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Was it a ghost cat?
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As we say, if a ghost rat is stealing from your house, you also buy a ghost cat, not an ordinary cat.
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"There's supposed to be a ghost cat here."
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"It's a bad bite," he said, "the bite of a cat-felisconcolor.
Usage of panther in English
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He is afraid; he crouches like the panther in the trap, trembling.
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Isolation and journey's end at Segesvar's home from home, the panther farm.
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If that panther's really around, come the nightfall we might hear him.
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The fur trader protects himself thus from the bear and the panther.
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He is as dangerous as the crouching panther in its fearful leap.
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With the agility of a panther, the Chevalier sprang toward the bully.
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With a wild howl the panther dropped the baby and ran off.
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The panther and the Provençal gazed at each other with human comprehension.
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That's why he changed into a panther and bit you every day.
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You fight the gnats of the world as you fought your panther.
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The panther had crept to within a few feet of the shack.
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The maddened panther had crouched again after landing close to the fire.
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At the second door a mountain lion or panther was the guardian.
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Indigo growled like a panther and thrashed, still trying to break free.
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But when he moved it was with the litheness of a panther.
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Her hand found one decorated with the image of a running panther.
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Panther through the time
Panther across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common