1. long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game; [syn: cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Acinonyx jubatus
n 1: long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia
having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be
trained to run down game [syn: cheetah, chetah,
Acinonyx jubatus]