catamount
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of catamount
First recorded in 1655–65; short for catamountain
Example Sentences
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The mountain lion is known by more than 40 different common names, including puma, cougar, panther, red tiger, catamount and screamer, according to the state agency.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024
Throughout the story, beetles tunnel through the woodwork; blight fells the trees; a catamount, referenced in rumor or song, stalks the patch.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023
To that end, the ghost-story elements that recur throughout the novel, like that mysterious and unseen catamount, are both engrossing reading and thematically fitting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023
The Lakota called the animal igmu tanka, “the great cat.” Puma concolor is its official taxonomic designation, but it has gone by many other names through the centuries: cougar, catamount, puma, wildcat, panther, shadow cat, painter.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014
The lab report came back that it was indeed the scat of Felis concolor, the eastern mountain lion, also variously and respectfully known as the panther, cougar, puma, and, especially in New England, catamount.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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