Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a panther.

Etymologies

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panther +‎ -like

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Examples

  • She gestured at the flames and gave them a pantherlike grin.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • She gestured at the flames and gave them a pantherlike grin.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Its been described as everything from a small half-alien, half-dinosaur tailless vampire with quills running down its back to a pantherlike creature with a long snaky tongue to a hopping animal that leaves a trail of sulfuric stench.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Its been described as everything from a small half-alien, half-dinosaur tailless vampire with quills running down its back to a pantherlike creature with a long snaky tongue to a hopping animal that leaves a trail of sulfuric stench.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • “Well, in your defense, I do move with a silent, pantherlike grace.”

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • “Well, in your defense, I do move with a silent, pantherlike grace.”

    City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

  • Its been described as everything from a small half-alien, half-dinosaur tailless vampire with quills running down its back to a pantherlike creature with a long snaky tongue to a hopping animal that leaves a trail of sulfuric stench.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Near Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., this summer, wildlife investigators puzzled over pantherlike claw and fang marks on a Lexus.

    Backyard Bears 2008

  • The gathering of scholars may pique Dante's curiosity, but it is the dancer Antilia -- with her pantherlike movements and "the graceful beauty of an exotic bird" -- who catches his eye and fires his lust though he steadfastly insists to himself that his interest in her has to do only with his investigation.

    Review of The Mosiac Crimes, by Giulio Leoni 2007

  • The gathering of scholars may pique Dante's curiosity, but it is the dancer Antilia -- with her pantherlike movements and "the graceful beauty of an exotic bird" -- who catches his eye and fires his lust though he steadfastly insists to himself that his interest in her has to do only with his investigation.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

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