panda
nounA bear (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of the mountains of central China, having woolly fur with distinctive black and white markings.
nounAn arboreal raccoonlike mammal (Ailurus fulgens) of northeast Asia, having reddish fur, white face markings, and a long ringed tail.
nounA carnivorous quadruped, Ælurus fulgens, of the arctoid series of fissiped Feræ, representing a family Æluridæ; the wah, chitwah, or red bear-cat.
nounA small Asiatic mammal (
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large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
nounreddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas