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A cheetah is a big cat with a thin body, long legs, and solid black spots on gold-yellow fur. It can run extremely fast — faster than any other animal that runs on land — but only for a short time; then it has to stop and catch its breath. Though people often say leopard when they mean cheetah, they are not the same: a leopard is heavier, climbs well, and its spots are like rings; a cheetah is built for open grass, has black lines on its face that look like tears, and cannot roar. It purrs and it chirps. Most wild cheetahs live in Africa. The English word was borrowed from Hindi cītā, originally ‘leopard, panther,’ from citra ‘multicolored, ’ plus kāya ‘body’ — so, having a spotted body.
From the word’s history
From Hindi cītā 'leopard', from Sanskrit citra 'speckled' + kāya 'body'.
借自印地文 cītā「豹」，源自梵文「有斑點的身體」。
組成Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā), ‘leopard, panther.’ That comes from Sanskrit citra ‘multicolored, speckled’ + kāya ‘body,’ thus ‘having a spotted body.’
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cheetahnoun/ˈt͡ʃiːtə/
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biologynatural-scienceszoologyA distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
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