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: a large black-and-white mammal (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of chiefly central China that feeds primarily on bamboo shoots and is now usually classified with the bears (family Ursidae)
called also giant panda
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Mayor Muriel Bowser wasn't here this week to welcome the pandas.
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Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
After the visit, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai gifted two pandas to the American people.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The black and white duo are the first pandas China has sent to Washington in 24 years.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
After the visit, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai gifted two pandas to the American people.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The black and white duo are the first pandas China has sent to Washington in 24 years.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Related Articles Mathews: These California pandas won’t pander if given a political voice
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors Nihon Hidankyo
Trump-Putin ties back in spotlight after new book
Both sides can call on thousands of heavily armed gunmen.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Panda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panda. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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