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catamountain

American  
[kat-uh-moun-tn] / ˌkæt əˈmaʊn tn /
Or cat-o'-mountain

noun

  1. a wild animal of the cat family, as the European wildcat, the leopard, or panther.


Etymology

Origin of catamountain

1400–50; variant of cat o' mountain, late Middle English cat of the mountaine

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The owl is abroad, the bat, and the toad, And so is the catamountain.

From Peggy by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

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