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GENUS PANTHERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
Synonyms:
genus Panthera; Panthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Panthera" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Panthera"):
leopard; Panthera pardus (large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots)
ounce; Panthera uncia; snow leopard (large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur)
Felis onca; jaguar; panther; Panthera onca (a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis)
king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo (large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male)
Panthera tigris; tiger (large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered)
Holonyms ("genus Panthera" is a member of...):
family Felidae; Felidae (cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)
