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    GENUS PANTHERA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Panthera; Panthera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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