CHEETAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheetah mean? 

• CHEETAH (noun)
  The noun CHEETAH has 1 sense:

1. long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

  Familiarity information: CHEETAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEETAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acinonyx jubatus; cheetah; chetah

Hypernyms ("cheetah" is a kind of...):

big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)

Holonyms ("cheetah" is a member of...):

Acinonyx; genus Acinonyx (cheetahs)

 Context examples 

The new study asks the IUCN to change the status of cheetah from "vulnerable" to "endangered" in an effort to protect cheetahs.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

There was a cheetah, too; perhaps we might find it upon our shoulders at any moment.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The study in the journal PLOS Biology lists what the authors say are the world's 10 most charismatic animals: tigers, lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, pandas, cheetahs, polar bears, gray wolves and gorillas.

(Study: Popularity of Wildlife Can Harm Public's Perception, VOA)

The cheetah subspecies went extinct in India more than fifty years ago.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

But there is a cheetah and a baboon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe's cheetah population dwindled from an estimated 1,500 in 1999 to 150–170 in 2013–2015, a roughly 85% decline.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

I think that I mentioned to you that the Doctor kept a cheetah and a baboon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, about 85% of an estimated 1,200 trafficked cheetah cubs have died within the past ten years, perishing en route.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)

From outside came the occasional cry of a night-bird, and once at our very window a long drawn catlike whine, which told us that the cheetah was indeed at liberty.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to DW, cheetah skin and meat are valuable as well.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)