Cheetah definition

Cheetah

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WordNet

(1) Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

WiktionaryText

, ultimately from (akin to Old High German > German ; Old Norse ) + , thus "having a spotted body".

A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family , slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; it is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.