giant panda definition
Noun. 1. giant panda-large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae. Ailuropoda melanoleuca, coon bear, panda, panda bear. procyonid-plantigrade carnivorous mammals.
panâ¢da. 1. Also called giant panda. a white-and-black bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now restricted to Central China, where it feeds mainly on bamboo: classified either as a bear or as a raccoon, or more generally the sole member of its own family, the Ailuropodidae. 2.