SNOW LEOPARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snow leopard mean? 

• SNOW LEOPARD (noun)
  The noun SNOW LEOPARD has 1 sense:

1. large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

  Familiarity information: SNOW LEOPARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOW LEOPARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ounce; Panthera uncia; snow leopard

Hypernyms ("snow leopard" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("snow leopard" is a member of...):

genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)

 Context examples 

In addition to the fox, the team also discovered extinct species of a wooly rhino (Coelodonta thibetana), three-toed horse (Hipparion), Tibetan bharal (Pseudois, known as blue sheep), chiru (Pantholops, known as Tibetan antelope), snow leopard (Uncia), badger (Meles), and 23 other mammals.

("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)