CATAMOUNT

cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor

(noun) large American feline resembling a lion

lynx, catamount

(noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

catamount (plural catamounts)

A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx.

Source: Wiktionary


Cat"a*mount, n. Etym: [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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