PANDA


Meaning of PANDA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpan-də ]

noun

Etymology: French, perhaps from a language of the southeast Himalayas

Date: 1835

1. : red panda

2. : a large black-and-white mammal ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) of chiefly central China that feeds primarily on bamboo shoots and is now usually classified with the bears (family Ursidae) — called also giant panda

[

A red panda, B panda 2

]

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