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Definition of Panda

1. Noun. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae.

2. Noun. Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas.

Definition of Panda

1. n. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.

Definition of Panda

1. Noun. (context: now rare without qualifying word) The red panda, a small raccoon-like animal, ''Ailurus fulgens'' of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

2. Noun. The giant panda – a black and white bear-like animal, ''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'' from the mountains of China. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

3. Noun. (UK colloquial) A police car. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Panda

1. a carnivorous mammal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Panda

1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panda

pancreectomies pancreectomy pancrelipase pancreo- pancreolith pancreopathy pancreoprivic pancreozymin pancreozymins pancuronium

pancuronium bromide pancy pancytopenia pancytopenias pand panda (current term) panda bear panda bears panda car panda hugger

pandaedalian pandaemonism pandaemonium pandal pandalike pandals pandani pandanus pandanuses pandar

Literary usage of Panda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"panda, ku, I. (1), то BEAT, SLAP ; with hand or fist, also ku pantin- ndi ... to throw the ball on the ground in play at ball ; a panda ..."

2. The Zulus and the British Frontiers by Thomas J. Lucas (1879)
"ZULU LAND UNDER KING panda. A milder reign. ... THE overthrow of Dingaan, in 1840, by the Dutch Boers of Natal aiding his brother panda, who had, ..."

3. A History of South Africa, from the Earliest Days to Union: From the by William Charles Scully (1915)
"panda was at first distrusted, but he appeared before the Volksraad in October and ... It was then decided to depose Dingaan and install panda in his place. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"By compass the Falls are very much to the east of north from panda-ma-Tenka, and must be to the east of true north. Then as panda-ma-Tenka stands on Mr. ..."

5. Journal of an Expedition Up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers Undertaken by by Samuel Crowther (1855)
"... OF THE panda PEOPLE TO TRADE AND RECEIVE MISSIONARIES— RETURN TO THE CONFLUENCE. October 2. The labour of getting the ship afloat, was resumed with the ..."

6. The New Africa: A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers; a by Aurel Schulz, August Hammar (1897)
"WITH much regret we said good-bye to the Falls, and returned to panda Matenga on June 4th, to prepare for our further voyage up the Chobe ..."

7. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
"The panda is rarely met with, and but few skins find their way to London. The fur is thick, ... The panda is an inhabitant of Nepaul, and North-east India. ..."

8. Zululand and the Zulus: Their History, Beliefs, Customs, Military System by James Anson Farrer (1879)
"Reforms forced on panda by the Boers—Connection between English and Dutch ... panda is said to have been an inferior savage, mentally and physically, ..."

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