catamount
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkætəˌmaʊnt/
- Archaic
:
puma
- Catamounts senior linebacker Rock Williams had a career-high 24 tackles against The Citadel last week.
- catamount and cougar
Examples
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Peter J. Marchand is a research ecologist at the Catamount Institute on the north slope of Pike's Peak in Woodland Park, Colorado.
Academic text (2002) -
Our catamount prowls wherever she wishes.
Fiction book (2001) -
He yowled like a catamount and started scrambling over the logs.
Fiction book (1992) -
While hiking in the mountains, I spotted a catamount stealthily moving through the trees.
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The local park ranger warned us that a catamount had been seen near the hiking trails.
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Many people are surprised to learn that a catamount is another name for the cougar.
Synonyms
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3.0
A large wild cat with a dark coat like a leopard or jaguar
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2.5
A large wild cat with light brown fur and a long tail that lives in mountains and forests
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3.6
A large wild cat in North and South America with a light brown coat and no spots or stripes
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3.2
A large wild cat from the Americas with light brown fur
A large wild cat like a cougar or mountain lion that lives in the Americas
A large wild cat that lives in North American mountains
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word catamount comes from two simple parts, cat and mountain, so it literally means 'cat of the mountain'. That image helps you remember that a catamount is a large wild cat in North America, like a cougar or puma, often found in hills and mountains.