giant panda

noun

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The new arrivals mark the return of giant pandas to Atlanta after Lun Lun, Yang Yang and their two youngest offspring left for China in October 2024. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 The pandas will undergo routine quarantine inside a biosecure area of Zoo Atlanta’s new giant panda complex for about a month. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 The bears will be quarantined for about a month in a biosecure area of the wildlife park’s new giant panda complex. — Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giant panda

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of giant panda was in 1920

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