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- [pan-duh]
- /ˈpæn də/
- /ˈpæn.də/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pan-duh]
- /ˈpæn də/
Definitions of panda word
- noun panda Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage. 3
- noun panda Also called lesser panda. a reddish-brown, raccoonlike mammal, Ailurus fulgens, of mountain forests in the Himalayas and adjacent eastern Asia, subsisting mainly on bamboo and other vegetation, fruits, and insects, and reduced in numbers by collectors: now considered unrelated to the giant panda and usually classified as the sole member of an Old World raccoon subfamily, Ailurinae, which diverged from an ancestral lineage that also gave rise to the New World raccoons. 2
- countable noun panda A panda or a giant panda is a large animal rather like a bear, which has black and white fur and lives in the bamboo forests of China. 1
- noun panda black-and-white bearlike animal 1
- noun panda a large black-and-white herbivorous bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, related to the raccoons and inhabiting the high mountain bamboo forests of China: family Procyonidae 0
- noun panda giant panda 0
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Origin of panda
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
1825-35; < French (Cuvier), a name for the lesser panda, perhaps < a Tibeto-Burman language of the southeastern Himalayas
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Parts of speech for Panda
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panda popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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