Catamount
/ˈkætəmaʊnt/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor). US
"Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired.""
- 2 large American feline resembling a lion wordnet
- 3 Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”). obsolete
- 4 short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur wordnet
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More examples"Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired.""
Etymology
Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).