giant panda

noun

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No zoo animals were more ideologically fraught in the Cold War than giant pandas, endemic to the forested mountains of central China. John M. Kinder, The Conversation, 1 May 2025 In 2024, the zoo welcomed two giant pandas from China — Yun Chuan and Xin Bao — under a 10-year conservation agreement. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025 Our gift to you: have yourself a merry little moment with giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025 The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington will put giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao on public display beginning today. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for giant panda

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1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of giant panda was in 1920

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