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US
/ˈtʃitə/
]
[ UK /tʃˈiːtɐ/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈiːtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
How To Use cheetah In A Sentence
- The baboon would keep the goats together as they grazed during the day, giving alarm calls if it spotted cheetahs or leopards. Times, Sunday Times
- This may be due to the cheetah's prolonged courtship behavior, which requires extensive territory.
- Eventually, of course, the cheetah wins, sinking its teeth into the jugular of the prey and ending its life.
- I don't rightly know how these panthers and cheetahs and tigers came to inhabit the park in the first place.
- Recent reported cheetah deaths suggest that some of the cats had their stomachs ripped open by hidden branches.
- By day, follow expert Masai guides on foot to spot lions, cheetahs, and wildebeests without disturbing their habitats.
- Van Hoven said the animals, including roan antelope, eland, reedbuck, waterbuck and maybe even cheetah, will be taken from where they are captured by road to the Walvis Bay harbour in Namibia.
- Although there is a little train which can take you around, we found the dusk walks more interesting, with only a ditch (which disappeared in the dark) to separate us from the animals which were just metres away ... such as cheetahs, giraffes, hippos, rhinos, tapirs, hyenas, etc. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- We'll lose some big cats such as cheetahs because they have insufficient genetic diversity to survive a nasty disease. Threats to our Future
- Other animal species to look out for include impala, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, zebra, nyala, kudu, bushbuck, warthog, cheetah, hyena, jackal and giraffe.