cheetah : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cheetah	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cheetah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheetah n long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game Synonym(s): cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[c6]t[be].] (Zo[94]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[91]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.]