panda — meaning in English

English meaning

• panda noun A large black-and-white bear native to China that feeds almost entirely on bamboo.
• posse noun A group of people, especially one gathered to help enforce the law.

Senses

panda is used for these senses in English:

• giant panda A rare, black and white mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the ursid (bear) family.
• panda (colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.]
• posse (colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]

posse — full definition

1. noun A group of people, especially one gathered to help enforce the law.
2. noun Informally, a group of friends or associates.

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