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In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. Panther cat (Zoöl.), the ocelot. -- Panther cowry (Zoöl.), a spotted East Indian cowry (Cypræa pantherina); -- so called from its color.

A female panther.

Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.

A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.

lack spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. Leopard cat (Zoöl.) any one of several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp.…

The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.

A leopard; a panther. And more pinch-spotted make them Than pard or cat o'mountain. Shak.

way of burlesque; travesty. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause. Macaulay.

ithout spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The spotted panther." Spenser. Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis. -- Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.…

pplied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.