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noun pan·da \ˈpan-dÉ™\

: a large animal with black-and-white fur that looks like a bear, lives in China, and eats mostly bamboo shoots

Full Definition of PANDA

1

:  red panda

2

:  a large black-and-white mammal (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of chiefly central China that feeds primarily on bamboo shoots and is now usually classified with the bears (family Ursidae) —called also giant panda

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Origin of PANDA

French, perhaps from a language of the southeast Himalayas

First Known Use: 1835

Rhymes with PANDA

Ganda