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Cheetah  n.  (Written also chetah)  (Zool.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is Cynaelurus laneus. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting.






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"Cheetah" Quotes from Famous Books



... members of the tiger race in Ceylon, and they are neither very numerous nor very dangerous as they seldom attack man. By Europeans they are commonly called cheetahs; but the true cheetah, the hunting leopard of India (Felis jubata), does not exist in Ceylon. There is a rare variety which has been found in various parts of the island, in which the skin, instead of being spotted, is of a uniform black.[2] The leopards frequent the vicinity of pasture lands in quest of the deer ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent



Words linked to "Cheetah" :   chetah, big cat, Acinonyx



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