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pantherine

pantherine adjective: like a panther, especially in colour; characteristic of a panther.

Adjective

pantherine (comparative more pantherine, superlative most pantherine)

  1. Like a panther, especially in colour; characteristic of a panther.
    • Near-synonym: pantherlike (sometimes synonymous)
    • the pantherine snake of Brazil
    Synonyms:
    pantherlike

Noun

pantherine (countable and uncountable, plural pantherines)

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

Synonyms of pantherine

Forms of pantherine

Adjective
comparativemore pantherine
superlativemost pantherine
Noun
pluralpantherines

Origin of pantherine

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

Questions about pantherine

What does pantherine mean?
Pantherine means like a panther, especially in colour; characteristic of a panther.
What part of speech is pantherine?
Pantherine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pantherine in the dictionary

  1. pantheress
  2. pantheresses
  3. pantherid
  4. pantherids
  5. pantherin
  6. pantherine
  7. pantherines
  8. pantherins
  9. pantherish
  10. pantherishly
  11. pantherlike

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