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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

The company also had to iron out the logistical kinks of night safaris, when visitors might spot a hyena or an elusive leopard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

The squirrel escaped by climbing higher, leaving the leopard clinging on before it eventually made an awkward retreat.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

He was dressed in European clothes, but around his neck hung many charms and around his hips was tied a leopard skin.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

For young leopards, survival is far from guaranteed: fewer than half reach independence, with male leopards, lions and other predators among the threats they face.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

These leopards are much smaller than leopards elsewhere on the continent – in some cases only half the body mass.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

One afternoon I was playing in the yard when I heard a frightening noise coming from the fields, like the sound of twenty leopards roaring.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba


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