Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "cheetah" babban cat ne, siriri, launin ruwan rawaya-launin ruwan kasa mai fitattun tabo da ratsi, ɗan asalin Afirka da sassan Iran, kuma yana iya kaiwa gudun mil 70 a cikin sa'a guda ( kilomita 112 a cikin sa'a guda) a cikin gajeriyar fashewar da ke rufe nisa har zuwa ƙafa 1,500 (mita 460). Sunan kimiyya na cheetah shine Acinonyx jubatus.
