panther

Any big cat of the genus Panthera.

A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

(slang) A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

(mythology, heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).