cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor
(noun) large American feline resembling a lion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Puma
A village in Solomon Islands.
An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
Puma (plural Pumas)
An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
• paum, upma
puma (plural pumas)
The mountain lion or cougar, Puma concolor.
(slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
• paum, upma
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ma, n. Etym: [Peruv. puma.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
