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pan·ther
 panther
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A panther is a leopard or jaguar, especially a black leopard or jaguar with no spots that show. Leopards are large, wild cats that live in Africa and Asia. Jaguars are similar wild cats that live in South and Central America. Leopards and jaguars are meat-eating mammals and are closely related to lions and tigers. Another type of big cat that lives in Florida in the United States is also called a panther.
The panther moved silently through the forest.
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cat |
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