{Panther cat} (Zo["o]l.), the ocelot. {Panther cowry} (Zo["o]l.), a spotted East Indian cowry ({Cypr[ae]a pantherina}); -- so called from its color.
panther cat n : nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat [syn: {ocelot}, {Felis pardalis}]