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leopard

[lep-erd] / ˈlɛp ərd /
NOUN
large cat
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Among the diverse habitats are a salt marsh that serves as a nursery for leopard sharks and bat rays and kelp forests frequented by harbor seals and wrasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A $2 painting of a leopard dangling from a branch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Differences were even seen between the Iriomote cat and the Tsushima leopard cat, two geographically isolated forms of the leopard cat found in Japan.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

A 1990 Denver Business Journal profile noted she had killed a rhinoceros, a lion and a leopard in the preceding year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He set her down next to the child, and she became a leopard cub, so beautiful he sobbed with love.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

A park spokesperson told Omroep Brabant, a local media outlet, that the leopards were behaving naturally and they would not be euthanised.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The cat haven has been operating for 28 years and houses 39 different cat species, including cheetahs, bobcats, clouded leopards, cougars and snow leopards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

It follows four rival families of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as they compete for dominance, with all the shifting alliances, betrayals and power struggles of a prestige drama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The two leopards paced over—still licking their lips from Piper’s pot roast—and butted their heads affectionately against the god’s legs.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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