panther🔊

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.

Any big cat of the genus (genus).

A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

(slang) A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

(heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat, typically (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).