leopard

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A large wild cat (Panthera pardus) of Africa and southern Asia, having either tawny fur with dark rosettelike markings or black fur.
• noun Any of several similar felines, such as the cheetah or the snow leopard.
• noun Heraldry A lion in side view, having one forepaw raised and the head facing the observer.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The pard or panther, Felis pardus, the largest spotted cat of the Old World.
• noun In heraldry, originally, a lion passant gardant.
• noun A gold coin, weighing from about 53 to 69 grains, struck by Edward III. and Edward the Black Prince of England, for circulation in France, and having on the obverse a lion passant gardant. In French heraldry this representation is described as a lion léopardé, whence the name of the coin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.
• noun See Cheetah.
• noun (Zoöl.) any one of several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis.
• noun See Gopher, 2.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus, indigenous to Africa and Asia.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the pelt of a leopard
• noun large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots