Chetah

noun

1. The native name of the guepard or hunting-leopard of India, <em>Felis jubata</em>, now <em>Gueparda jubata</em> or <em>Cynœlurus jubatus</em>, a large spotted cat, somewhat like a dog in shape, with long legs, non-retractile claws, and the upper sectorial tooth without an internal lobe.
2. See <xref urlencoded="cheetah">cheetah</xref>.
3. Archaic form of <xref>cheetah</xref>.
4. long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game