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irbis

Syllables: ir·bis

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

Noun

irbis (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, uncommon) snow 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...

Origin of irbis

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Questions about irbis

What does irbis mean?
Irbis means snow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia).
What part of speech is irbis?
Irbis is a noun.

Words near irbis in the dictionary

  1. IRB
  2. Irbe Strait
  3. irbesartan
  4. Irbid
  5. Irbil
  6. irbis
  7. IRBM
  8. IRBMs
  9. IRBs
  10. Irby
  11. Irbys

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