pantherine

English

Etymology

From panther +‎ -ine. In the biochemical sense, refers to the Amanita pantherina fungus.

Adjective

pantherine (comparative more pantherine, superlative most pantherine)

  1. Like a panther, especially in colour; characteristic of a panther.
    Hypernym: feline
    Hyponyms: leonine, tigrine, leopardine; lionlike, tigerlike, leopardlike
    Near-synonym: pantherlike (sometimes synonymous)
    the pantherine snake of Brazil
    analyzing what distinguishes the Pantherinae as pantherine

Noun

pantherine (countable and uncountable, plural pantherines)

  1. (zoology, countable) Any animal of the genus Panthera.
  2. (zoology, countable) Any animal of the subfamily Pantherinae.
  3. (biochemistry) muscimol

Latin

Adjective

panthērīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of panthērīnus
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