Cheetah

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cheetah
    n 1: long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia
         having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be
         trained to run down game [syn: {cheetah}, {chetah},
         {Acinonyx jubatus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[imac]t[=a].] (Zool.)
   A species of leopard ({Cyn[ae]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used
   for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is
   {Cyn[ae]lurus laneus}. It runs very fast in short spurts
   while hunting. [Written also {chetah}.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "cheetah":
      Leo, Siberian tiger, bobcat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cougar,
      jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, mountain lion, ocelot, painter,
      panther, puma, simba, tiger, wildcat

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