leopardess
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of leopardess
Example Sentences
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Nature The new episode “The Leopard Legacy” relates the family saga of a powerful leopardess that rules over a large realm along the Luangwa River of Zambia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2021
The leopardess flirted by flicking her tail in the face of her mate until he sprang with fang and claw, snarling, whirling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prosper had the reward of patience; his wild leopardess was tamed to his hand and her sweetness made him tender and very merciful.
From The Branding Iron by Burt, Katharine Newlin
She was all smoothness; Ambroise alone detected the retracted claws of the leopardess.
From Visionaries by Huneker, James
"And a huge leopardess with two cubs walked out on to the ledge and came to him and threw herself down with a heavy lunge near his feet."
From The Lost Prince by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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