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nigalya ponya
Nepali · 1800s
"bamboo eater"
a name from the Himalayan foothills, originally referring to the red panda
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panda
French · 1820s
"a bamboo-eating mammal"
adopted into French zoological writing, later transferred to the giant panda
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panda
English · 1900s
"a large black-and-white bamboo-eating mammal"
settled as the English name once the giant panda became widely known
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