Bagheera

Mowgli, and on the right, Bagheera.

Meanings

Proper Noun

A fictional panther character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Noun

The deputy leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.

Origin

From Hindi बाघ ("tiger"), coined by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book. The scouting term comes from the character name.

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