giant panda

noun

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Then giant pandas returned to the San Diego Zoo this summer for the first time since 2019. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024 The National Zoo bid farewell to its last remaining giant pandas—Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji—in November 2023. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 Since then, giant pandas have become the zoo’s star attraction, drawing millions of visitors. Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024 The zoo also orchestrated the first successful artificial insemination of a giant panda outside of China. Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 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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“Giant panda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant%20panda. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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