Meanings
nounleopardess (plural leopardesses)
plural leopardesses
- A female leopard.
It was the story of the wicked leopardess who wanted to eat the young lambs of her old friend the sheep.
1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 47
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian женски леопа́рд, леопа́рдка
- женски леопа́рд (ženski leopárd)female leopard
- леопа́рдка (leopárdka)female leopard
- леопа́рдица (leopárdica)female leopard
Esperanto leopardino
- leopardinofemale leopard
French léoparde
- léopardefemale leopard
German Leopardin
- Leopardinfemale leopard
Polish lamparcica
- lamparcicafemale leopard
Portuguese leoparda
- leopardafemale leopard
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