Chetah

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The native name of the guepard or hunting-leopard of India, Felis jubata, now Gueparda jubata or CynÅ“lurus jubatus, a large spotted cat, somewhat like a dog in shape, with long legs, non-retractile claws, and the upper sectorial tooth without an internal lobe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See cheetah.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Archaic form of cheetah.
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  • noun. long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game