lesser panda

Questions about lesser panda

What does lesser panda mean?

lesser panda means "reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas".

What is another word for lesser panda?

Close synonyms include red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens. 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 lesser panda a common word?

lesser panda 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.