panther

English Thesaurus

1. large American feline resembling a lion (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	wildcat,
definition	:	any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	felis, genus felis,
definition	:	type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats (noun.animal)

2. a leopard in the black color phase (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	leopard, panthera pardus,
definition	:	large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (noun.animal)

3. a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	big cat, cat,
definition	:	any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus panthera, panthera,
definition	:	lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers (noun.animal)