catamount
a wild animal of the cat family, especially the cougar or the lynx.
Origin of catamount
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How to use catamount in a sentence
I had just got here, and was going to call you, when you yelled like a catamount down by the old grave.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretI heard the struggle roll to and fro upon the floor, the yells of the catamount ringing up to heaven as she strove to reach me.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonHad it been now a catamount, or even a full-size panther, I would have embellished a performance for you worth regarding.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperWill your grand looks, or Hist's tears and beauty, change a wolf into a squirrel, or make a catamount as innocent as a fa'an?
The Deerslayer | James Fenimore CooperHe grunts like a hog, already; when the Huron women begin to torment him, he will cry like the young of the catamount.
The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for catamount
catamountain
/ (ˈkætəˌmaʊnt) /
any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
Origin of catamount
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