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Pantherine

Pantherine \Pan"ther*ine\, a. Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake ( Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

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pantherine

a. Like a panther, especially in colour. n. 1 (context zoology English) Any animal of the genus ''Panthera'' 2 (context biochemistry English) muscimol

Usage examples of "pantherine".

She flowed to her feet in her mantle of emerald motes, still as sleekly pantherine as when they had been lovers.

And then, with an unexpected pantherine quickness, she was gone from his arms.

Faces out of the past thronged his mind: Belit, the pantherine, languorous pirate queen of the Black Coast, his first great love .

Annoyed, suspicious, perplexed, I stood on the porch watching my pantherine visitor retrace his path to the metal gate.

Turanian, Conan hurried away, his pantherine stride carrying him swiftly through the night.

He went on, deeper into the Blasted Lands, moving with pantherine grace, yet carefully, as if avoiding seeking eyes.

With a last doubtful glance at the Turanian, Conan hurried away, his pantherine stride carrying him swiftly through the night.

Again Garcia avoided him easily, calm and quick eyed, offering pantherine swiftness against the blind fury of Rand.