Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cheetah"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[=i]t[=a].] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of leopard ({Cyn[ae]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used
for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is
{C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cheetah
n : long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia
having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be
trained to run down game [syn: {chetah}, {Acinonyx
jubatus}]
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