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catamount
Catamount (noun) means a wild cat, especially the cougar or puma.
noun
1
A wild cat, especially the cougar or puma.
"Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired.""
— Peter Bernhard Kyne (1920)
2
Another word for a leopard or panther.
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Etymology
Catamount is a 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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What is the meaning of catamount?
"catamount" (noun) means a wild cat, especially the cougar or puma.
What is another word for catamount?
Other words for "catamount" include painter, puma, lynx, cougar, panther.
What are the different meanings of catamount?
"catamount" has 2 main meanings: 1. A wild cat, especially the cougar or puma; 2. Another word for a leopard or panther.
