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snow leopard

noun

  1. a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera ( Uncia ) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.


snow leopard

noun

  1. a large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, of mountainous regions of central Asia, closely related to the leopard but having a long pale brown coat marked with black rosettes Also calledounce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snow leopard1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

His photography mainly focuses on endangered species, such as the snow leopard, the Pyrenean brown bear, or the Balearic shearwater.

Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and snow leopards are all members of genus Panthera.

Yet these pastoralists share this rugged, mountainous terrain with snow leopards and Himalayan wolves that routinely target their livestock, setting up what for centuries has been a classic man-versus-animal conflict.

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Later she volunteered at Snow Leopard Trust and the Akre Tiger Sanctuary in Bellingham.

In other words, it is hardly ever seen below the snow-line, and is often known as the snow-leopard.

Another leopard is the snow-leopard, which inhabits high altitudes only.

Animal life seemed to abound, for while I was sketching the panorama before me, a snow leopard bounded gracefully past us.

Prince Sanang, tell me, what man or what devil in all the chronicles of the past has ever tamed a Snow-Leopard?

While I was sketching this panorama a snow leopard bounded gracefully before us.

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