- a large animal of the cat family, usually with yellow-brown fur with black spots. Leopards live in Africa and southern Asia. compare leopardess, pantherTopics Animalsb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryLeopard is used before these nouns:
- skin
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from late Latin leopardus, from late Greek leopardos, from leōn ‘lion’ + pardos.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See leopard in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya leopard cannot change its spots
- (saying) people cannot change their character, especially if they have a bad character
- You didn’t really expect her to be on time, did you? A leopard can’t change its spots.
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