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Definition of cheetah noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cheetah

noun
 
/ˈtʃiːtə/
 
/ˈtʃiːtə/
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  1. a wild animal of the cat family that has black spots and that runs very fastTopics Animalsb2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Hindi cītā, perhaps from Sanskrit citraka ‘leopard’.
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