giant panda

noun

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Lending pandas to zoos across the U.S. and other countries also encourages reproduction and helps save the giant pandas from extinction. Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025 If the bears produce offspring, their cubs will leave for China by age 4 to participate in a giant panda breeding program aimed at increasing the species’ population. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025 Two giant pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. took advantage of the snowfall. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025 Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for giant panda

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1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of giant panda was in 1920

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