red panda

Questions about red panda

What does red panda mean?

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

What is another word for red panda?

Close synonyms include lesser 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 red panda a common word?

red panda is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.