irbis

ir·bis
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noun

snow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)

OriginRussian и́рбис →
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Meanings

nounirbis (plural not attested)
  1. no pluraluncommonsnow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)

    The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.

    1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 ᴳᴮ

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
snow leopard

Origin

  1. Russianи́рбис
  2. Englishirbis

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

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Translations

Spanish irbis
  • irbissnow leopard

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

SibirIbris
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APA

irbis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irbis

MLA

“irbis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irbis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irbis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irbis.

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