acinonyx jubatus

1. 1.

   long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

   Synonymscheetahchetah

   Broaderbig cat

   Part ofAcinonyx

Questions about acinonyx jubatus

What does acinonyx jubatus mean?

acinonyx jubatus means "long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game".

What is another word for acinonyx jubatus?

Close synonyms include cheetah, chetah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acinonyx jubatus a common word?

acinonyx jubatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.