panda1
(also giant panda)
noun ˈpandəˈpændə
A large bearlike mammal with characteristic black and white markings, native to certain mountain forests in China. It feeds almost entirely on bamboo and has become increasingly rare.
大熊猫。参见 RED PANDAAiluropoda melanoleuca; it is now usually placed with the bears (family Ursidae), but was formerly thought to belong with the raccoons (family Procyonidae)
See also red panda- For example, carnivorous mammals' descendants that now shun meat include honey badgers, bamboo-eating pandas, and termite-slurping aardwolves.
- A special factory making bamboo-shaped high-fibre biscuits has been built to feed 30 pandas at a breeding centre in Chengdu, China.
- The term ‘endangered species’ typically conjures up images of charismatic animals - tigers, pandas, orang-utans, whales, condors.
- Each country was also represented by a small symbol, such as a fleur-de-lis for France, a water buffalo for Vietnam, a panda bear for China, and so on.
- Bamboo is critically important for pandas, and knowing the amount of energy available from it in panda habitats, especially fragmented ones, could prove to be crucial to survival of the species, he said.
- One of the world's rarest animals, the giant panda lives in the sub-alpine forests in the west central region of China.
- They can then use captive-bred pandas to increase the numbers where needed.
- According to Xinhua, China's state news agency, this year more pandas have already been born in captivity than in any other year on record.
- Most recently he visited the Wolong Nature Reserve in China to photograph pandas.
- The latest field survey showed that the number of pandas in Qinling Mountain area in North China has kept increasing as their habitat improves.
- The pandas will adapt well to Taiwan, because its climate is similar to that of southern China and the island grows bamboo that the pandas can eat.
- A new study calls for the swift expansion of some of China's great panda reserves.
- Feeding mostly on bamboo, fruits, and insects, the pandas are native to mountains in China and the Himalaya - where they are better known for skittering up trees than standing at attention.
- During the cold war, China famously gave pandas as tokens of goodwill, leading to the term ‘panda diplomacy’ being coined.
- Researchers would then calculate the optimum panda population for the region, using captive-bred pandas to increase numbers where needed.
- At the end of last year, China had 163 pandas in captivity and an estimated 1,590 in the wild.
- This means there could be many more pandas throughout China than previously estimated.
- They are examining the effect of panda foraging on bamboo.
- In the wild, about 1,600 pandas roam forests scattered across six mountain ranges in southwestern China.
- The births have boosted China's number of captive pandas to over 180.
Origin
Mid 19th century: apparently from a local language of Nepal.
Rhymes
Amanda, Aranda, Baganda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, goosander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, pander, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, veranda, withstander, zander
panda2
noun ˈpandəˈpændə
A Brahmin expert in genealogy, who provides religious guidance and acts as a family priest.
婆罗门宗谱专家- Here, ancestral Brahmin priests - or pandas - give blessings with holy water and fill in records of family genealogies.
- Here these pandas and pujaris control everything in and around the temples and cause serious harm to the devotees congregating at the temples.
- Interestingly, this temple has a panda named Babu Mishra who caters exclusively to the politicians, who visit the temple.
- Innumerable pandas and pujaris await the pilgrims to help them with their worship.
- The pandas will accommodate these requests by drawing outlines of temples in the sand, placing earthen lamps upon them and ceremoniously offering fruits and flowers while chanting the family's names.
Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit paṇḍita 'learned, wise'.
panda1
(also giant panda)
nounˈpandəˈpændə
A large bearlike mammal with characteristic black and white markings, native to certain mountain forests in China. It feeds almost entirely on bamboo and has become increasingly rare.
大熊猫。参见 RED PANDAAiluropoda melanoleuca; it is now usually placed with the bears (family Ursidae), but was formerly thought to belong with the raccoons (family Procyonidae)
See also red panda- One of the world's rarest animals, the giant panda lives in the sub-alpine forests in the west central region of China.
- They can then use captive-bred pandas to increase the numbers where needed.
- The latest field survey showed that the number of pandas in Qinling Mountain area in North China has kept increasing as their habitat improves.
- This means there could be many more pandas throughout China than previously estimated.
- They are examining the effect of panda foraging on bamboo.
- The pandas will adapt well to Taiwan, because its climate is similar to that of southern China and the island grows bamboo that the pandas can eat.
- The term ‘endangered species’ typically conjures up images of charismatic animals - tigers, pandas, orang-utans, whales, condors.
- For example, carnivorous mammals' descendants that now shun meat include honey badgers, bamboo-eating pandas, and termite-slurping aardwolves.
- Feeding mostly on bamboo, fruits, and insects, the pandas are native to mountains in China and the Himalaya - where they are better known for skittering up trees than standing at attention.
- Most recently he visited the Wolong Nature Reserve in China to photograph pandas.
- In the wild, about 1,600 pandas roam forests scattered across six mountain ranges in southwestern China.
- Bamboo is critically important for pandas, and knowing the amount of energy available from it in panda habitats, especially fragmented ones, could prove to be crucial to survival of the species, he said.
- According to Xinhua, China's state news agency, this year more pandas have already been born in captivity than in any other year on record.
- A new study calls for the swift expansion of some of China's great panda reserves.
- Each country was also represented by a small symbol, such as a fleur-de-lis for France, a water buffalo for Vietnam, a panda bear for China, and so on.
- A special factory making bamboo-shaped high-fibre biscuits has been built to feed 30 pandas at a breeding centre in Chengdu, China.
- During the cold war, China famously gave pandas as tokens of goodwill, leading to the term ‘panda diplomacy’ being coined.
- The births have boosted China's number of captive pandas to over 180.
- At the end of last year, China had 163 pandas in captivity and an estimated 1,590 in the wild.
- Researchers would then calculate the optimum panda population for the region, using captive-bred pandas to increase numbers where needed.
Origin
Mid 19th century: apparently from a local language of Nepal.
panda2
nounˈpandəˈpændə
A Brahmin expert in genealogy, who provides religious guidance and acts as a family priest.
婆罗门宗谱专家- Interestingly, this temple has a panda named Babu Mishra who caters exclusively to the politicians, who visit the temple.
- Here, ancestral Brahmin priests - or pandas - give blessings with holy water and fill in records of family genealogies.
- Innumerable pandas and pujaris await the pilgrims to help them with their worship.
- Here these pandas and pujaris control everything in and around the temples and cause serious harm to the devotees congregating at the temples.
- The pandas will accommodate these requests by drawing outlines of temples in the sand, placing earthen lamps upon them and ceremoniously offering fruits and flowers while chanting the family's names.
Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit paṇḍita ‘learned, wise’.