panda

noun

pan·da | \ˈpan-də

Definition of 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

Examples of panda in a Sentence

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Her first attempt at analyzing the new panda fossil was also unsuccessful. — National Geographic, "Long-Lost Panda Relative Revealed by 22,000-Year-Old Fossil," 18 June 2018 Refusing to get stuck pulling his pal out the wooden stairs, the other panda bolts. — Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, "WATCH: Panda Cub Fails at Climbing Ladder While Still Being Completely Adorable," 23 Sep. 2015 All panda cubs born in D.C. return to China -- which owns and leases the animals in U.S. zoos -- by their fourth birthday. — Rebecca Bratek, CBS News, "National Zoo's giant panda experiencing "pseudopregnancy," zoo says," 5 July 2018 But hope certainly isn’t lost: pandas older than Mei Xiang have successfully given birth. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "Giant Panda Mei Xiang Will Not Give Birth," 5 July 2018 But pandas fell on hard times in recent decades, thanks largely to human encroachment. — Amina Khan, latimes.com, "Preserving more habitat for China's giant pandas is having a giant payoff, study says," 28 June 2018 The long-term survey shows that pandas are traveling out of the reserves and into regions of high human disturbance. — Cliff Kapono, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego Zoo studies return of the giant panda," 6 July 2018 No pandas live there today, the researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences wrote in a paper published today (June 18) in the journal Current Biology. — Rafi Letzter, Fox News, "The oldest DNA from giant pandas was just discovered in a cave in China," 19 June 2018 But from a glance, the fossil looked similar to modern pandas. — National Geographic, "Long-Lost Panda Relative Revealed by 22,000-Year-Old Fossil," 18 June 2018

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