panther

IPA: pˈænθɝ

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.
Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
(slang) A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.
(mythology, heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).
(US) A member of the Black Panther Party, White Panther Party or Gray Panthers.

Examples of "panther" in Sentences

"Is this the beast some call a panther or painter?" asked Roger.
'Black panther is a term that does not denote any particular species of cat.
Turns out the panther was a large stuffed toy, apparently placed in the pipe as a hoax.
Doesn't sound anything like a cougar, and of course the designation "black panther" is useless from a biological standpoint.
The latest sighting of a reported black panther is in an area off of Highway 154 near Rhonesboro, in an area called Raintree Lake.
The name panther is usually applied only to the large, fulvous variety of _Felis pardus (Linn.) (F. leopardus, Leopardus varius) _.
It is sometimes referred to as the panther, especially rare [[melanism | melanistic]] black leopards (which are also spotted, but black-on-black so that the spots are not readily apparent).
"A black panther is a black (melanistic) color variant of one of several species of larger cat which are known by the term panther in various parts of the world, and belong to the feline genus panthera which contains lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars.
Of the larger quadrupeds belonging to this continent, the bears, and wolves, and foxes are often in motion by starlight; the moose and the deer frequently feed under a dark sky; the panther is almost wholly nocturnal; the wary and industrious beaver also works at night; that singular creature, the opossum, sleeps in his tree by day and comes down at night.