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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[=i]t[=a].] (Zo["o]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[ae]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chetah \Che"tah\ (ch[=e]"t[.a]), n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cheetah}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chetah n : long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game [syn: {cheetah}, {Acinonyx jubatus}]
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