irbis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- ĭr′bĭs
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).
Meanings
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(no-plural, uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.
1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 ᴳᴮ:
Translations (1)
es irbis (snow leopard)