giant panda

noun

: panda sense 2

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Both giant pandas were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China and arrived at Zoo Atlanta in September. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 Zoo Atlanta set up a VIP ceremony Friday morning to officially debut the two new giant pandas from China with speeches, a ribbon-cutting and no shortage of grip-and-grin photos. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026 The 6-year-old pandas arrived in Atlanta in late September, nearly two years after the zoo's previous giant pandas returned to China. — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giant panda

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of giant panda was in 1920

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giant panda

noun
: panda sense 2

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