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snow leopardess

snow leopardess noun: a female snow leopard.

Noun

snow leopardess (plural snow leopardesses)

  1. A female snow leopard.
    • Those were minor variations. Beneath them, no one need tell him, was an extremely determined individual. On that distant morning he had thought she had much in common with a snow leopardess, one of his worst similes. He wondered if anyone had tried to tame her since Gerin died. She was not the sort...1970, Simon Harvester, Moscow Road, New York, N.Y.: Walker and Company, published 1971, →ISBN, page 86
    • The three snow leopardesses were: Natasha, who was 8 years old at the start of the study and was nulliparous; Chuma, who was 8 years old and had had one litter of cubs; and Omaha 6 who was included in the final two years of the behavioural phase of this study.1993, Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, volume 98, page 92, column 1

Examples of snow leopardess in a sentence

  • On that distant morning he had thought she had much in common with a snow leopardess, one of his worst similes.1970, Simon Harvester, Moscow Road, New York, N.Y.: Walker and Company, published 1971, →ISBN, page 86:
  • She tensed like a snow leopardess preparing to leap on her prey.1998 March, James Axler [pseudonym; Mark Ellis], Omega Path (Outlanders; 4), Don Mills, Ont.: Gold Eagle Books, Worldwide Library, page 190:

Forms of snow leopardess

pluralsnow leopardesses
alternative formsnow-leopardess

Questions about snow leopardess

What does snow leopardess mean?
Snow leopardess means a female snow leopard.
How do you use snow leopardess in a sentence?
On that distant morning he had thought she had much in common with a snow leopardess, one of his worst similes.
What part of speech is snow leopardess?
Snow leopardess is a noun.
What is the plural of snow leopardess?
The plural of snow leopardess is snow leopardesses.

Words near snow leopardess in the dictionary

  1. snow knife
  2. snow knives
  3. snow knocker
  4. snow knockers
  5. snow leopard
  6. snow leopardess
  7. snow leopardesses
  8. snow leopards
  9. snow level
  10. snow levels
  11. snow line

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