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CHEETAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
Synonyms:
Acinonyx jubatus; cheetah; chetah
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cheetah" is a kind of...):
big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)
Holonyms ("cheetah" is a member of...):
Acinonyx; genus Acinonyx (cheetahs)
Context examples:
He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The running speed of cheetahs has not prevented their decline.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
“Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One cheetah was recorded sprinting at 29 meters (95.1 ft) per second.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
According to the study's authors, the habitat preservation strategy that can be so effective in other species does not work on cheetahs because of their wide range.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
About 77% of wild cheetah's ranges are outside protected areas.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
The number establishes cheetahs as much less commonplace than just over one hundred years ago.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
There are now scientists calling for the largest cheetah subspecies to receive "endangered" status on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
Their exotic aesthetic renders cheetah very valuable.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
Causes of cheetah decline have been mostly habitat loss, killings of cheetahs by humans, human hunting of cheetah's resources such as antelope, illegal fur trade, illegal cub trafficking, and roadkill.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
