leop‧ard /ˈlepəd $ -ərd/ 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

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