Panda

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  • noun. A bear (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of the mountains of central China, having woolly fur with distinctive black and white markings.
  • noun. An arboreal raccoonlike mammal (Ailurus fulgens) of northeast Asia, having reddish fur, white face markings, and a long ringed tail.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A carnivorous quadruped, Ælurus fulgens, of the arctoid series of fissiped Feræ, representing a family Æluridæ; the wah, chitwah, or red bear-cat.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda.
  • noun. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
  • noun. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
    • Word Usage
    "Nobody else Asian in the main cast there, the title panda will be Jack Black and "Shifu" will be played by Dustin Hoffman."
    cross-reference
    great panda  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    procyonid  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amanda  Banda  Ganda  Manda  Miranda  
    Same Context
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    Kingston  agouti  basset  bumblebee  bunny  
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    giant panda  lesser panda  mottled bear  panda bear  red panda  
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    giant panda  lesser panda  
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