giant panda

noun

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But the giant panda hasn’t always been an emblem of the Chinese nation. Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 Central China, home to the only natural habitat for giant pandas, owns most of the world's giant pandas. Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025 Zhou gifted two giant pandas to the U.S., and the Nixons chose the National Zoo as their home. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025 About 2,500 giant panda sculptures are on display around Hong Kong as the Chinese territory hopes to capitalize on its growing panda population to regain its position as one of the top travel destinations in Asia. Kim Gu, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for giant panda 

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of giant panda was in 1920

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“Giant panda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant%20panda. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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