ACINONYX JUBATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acinonyx jubatus mean? 

• ACINONYX JUBATUS (noun)
  The noun ACINONYX JUBATUS 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: ACINONYX JUBATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACINONYX JUBATUS (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 ("Acinonyx jubatus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Acinonyx jubatus" is a member of...):

Acinonyx; genus Acinonyx (cheetahs)

 Context examples 

The IUCN lists both the Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) and the Asiatic cheetah as "critically endangered" in their Red List.

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

The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) has been nearly eliminated in Asia; under 50 Iranian cheetahs remain.

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

According to a study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), is down to 7,100 individuals remaining worldwide, most of them in Africa and, rarely, in Asia.

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