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another animal, one that looked like a leopard

This was not an actual leopard, but a symbolic animal that was similar to a leopard. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

four wings ... four heads

The four wings and four heads are symbols, but their meaning is unclear. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

it had four heads

"the animal had four heads"

It was given authority to rule

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Someone gave it authority to rule" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)