leop ‧ ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: leupart , from Late Latin leopardus , from Greek , from leon 'lion' + pardos 'leopard' ]
1 . a large animal of the cat family, with yellow fur and black spots, which lives in Africa and South Asia
2 . a leopard can’t change its spots used to say that people cannot change their character