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catamount

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catamount: see puma puma or cougar , New World member of the cat family, Felis concolor. Also known as mountain lion, catamount, panther, and painter, it ranges from S British Columbia to the southern tip of South America.
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catamount [′kad·ə·mau̇nt]
(vertebrate zoology)
puma


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Had it been now a catamount, or even a full-size panther, I would have embellished a performance for you worth regarding.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
He scrambled over rock and stone, through brush and brier, rolled down banks like a hedgehog, scrambled up others like a catamount.
Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context
--all the old folks called 'em painters an' catamounts an' varmints.
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