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catamount

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17
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9
Pronunciation
/ˈkætəmaʊnt/
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/ˈkætəmaʊnt/ · /ˈkætəˌmaʊnt/ · [-ɾə-]

Definition of catamount

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).
    “Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired."”
    “'He would have rid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'”
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noun

  1. (US)A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).
    “Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired."”
    “'He would have rid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'”
  2. (obsolete)Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”).

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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”).

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