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Cougar   /kˈugər/   Listen
Cougar

noun
1.
Large American feline resembling a lion.  Synonyms: catamount, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma.





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"Cougar" Quotes from Famous Books



... common among American hunters, is a corruption of "panther," which is itself an incorrect application, the genuine panther being found only in Africa and India. In South America the corresponding animal is the jaguar, and in North America the cougar or catamount, and sometimes the ...
— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis
... open the iron door, and held up the lantern, that its brightness might stream into the cell, where even at five o'clock in the afternoon of a rainy day darkness reigned, the rays flashed back from the glowing eyes chatoyant as a cougar's. ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson


Words linked to "Cougar" :   Felis concolor, Felis, wildcat, genus Felis


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