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cheetah

chee.tah \'che-t-*\ n [Hindi ci-ta-, fr. Skt citraka-ya tiger, fr. citra 
   b]right + ka-ya body; akin to Skt cinoti he heaps up : a longlegged spotted 
   swift-moving African and formerly Asiatic cat (A cinonyx jubatus) about the 
   size of a small leopard that has blunt nonretractile claws and is often 
   trained to run down game