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panda

panda

8 1.0
A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in trees
  • noun
  • /ˈpændə/
translation icon : panda rojo
  • As you know, our ancestor, Sun Yee, had a mystical connection with red pandas.
  • the red panda
  • the lesser panda

And faeces and I feel like you put red panda feces in because it's a an animal native to the area, I think.

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Examples

  • The red panda is known for its playful personality and bushy tail.

  • It's Lesser Panda (also called Red Panda)

  • So maybe I feed this picture of panda and it tells me it is a red panda.

  • And there is the zoo, which I think has a brand new baby red panda.

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  • Ever since, the red panda has blessed our family with good fortune and prosperity...

  • Both the giant panda and the red panda both independently evolved a false thumb that acts as an opposable thumb.

  • Sun Yee, revered ancestor, guardian of the red pandas.

  • The babies are so small, and pregnancy has such a minimal impact on the pandas that the females often have no idea they're pregnant and often give birth without even realizing it.

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  • At the wildlife park, we saw a family of red pandas climbing trees.

  • Conservationists are working hard to protect the endangered red panda from habitat loss.

Synonyms

red panda
vspanda
  • Indian
1 3.7

A small animal with red-brown fur that lives in trees and eats bamboo

is the entry's preferred name for the same animal
lesser panda
vspanda
  • Indian
6.2

A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in trees in Asia

is the entry term rather than this older common name
cat bear
vspanda
  • UK
8.4

A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in the eastern Himalayas and eats bamboo

is the standard common label rather than this descriptive nickname
Firefox
vspanda
7.9

A small animal with reddish-brown fur that lives in trees in the Himalayas

is the formal common name rather than this casual nickname
Ailurus fulgens
vspanda
  • Specialized
9.2

A small reddish-brown mammal that lives in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China

is the everyday common name rather than the scientific label

Compounds

5 1.7

A large black and white bear from China that eats mainly bamboo

5 1.0

A large black and white bear from China that eats mostly bamboo

red panda
  • Indian
1 3.7

A small animal with red-brown fur that lives in trees and eats bamboo

lesser panda
  • Indian
6.2

A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in trees in Asia

panda car
  • Archaic
7.0

A small police car with black-and-white or blue-and-white markings used for patrols in Britain

A person who cares for pandas and works to protect them

trash panda
  • Slang
9.3

A raccoon people call playfully because it looks for food in trash

Surface Forms

panda singular
pandas plural

Etymology

One popular story says the word panda comes from a Nepali word ponya meaning 'bamboo-eater' that was first used for the red panda, and later people used the same name for the large black-and-white bear. Because the giant panda also eats bamboo, the same name fits both animals.