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# panda

noun (a panda, pandas; giant panda, red panda)

«panda» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A panda (giant panda) is a large black-and-white bear from the mountain forests of China that eats almost only bamboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#m1)
2. A red panda is a smaller, reddish-brown, furry animal with a long ringed tail; it also eats bamboo but is not a close relative of the giant panda. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#m2)
3. (UK, old-fashioned) A «panda car» was a small police car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons pandas come up in habitats, food chains, adaptations (a special wrist bone works like a thumb to grip bamboo) and conservation: there are not many wild pandas, and protecting their bamboo forests helped their numbers grow. In everyday life pandas are a symbol of wildlife protection (the WWF logo) and of China, and are favourite soft toys and zoo animals.

### Examples

- The panda munched bamboo for most of the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x1)
- Giant pandas live in the mountains of China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x2)
- A baby panda is tiny and pink when it is born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x3)
- The red panda curled its bushy tail around itself to keep warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x4)
- Our class adopted a panda through a wildlife charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x5)
- Pandas have a special wrist bone that helps them hold bamboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x6)
- There were huge crowds at the zoo to see the new panda cub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x7)
- The panda is the symbol of a famous nature charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/#x8)

### Note

Plural «pandas». A baby is a «cub». Myth: pandas are not lazy — bamboo has little energy in it, so they rest a lot to save energy. The giant panda is a real bear; the red panda is not a bear and is in a family of its own. Pandas are black and white, not black and grey.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «panda» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panda/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«panda» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/panda.html) on Mova free.