leopardine

English

Etymology

From leopard +‎ -ine.

Adjective

leopardine (comparative more leopardine, superlative most leopardine)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a leopard.
    Hypernyms: pantherine < feline
    Coordinate terms: leonine, tigrine
    Near-synonym: leopardlike (sometimes synonymous)
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