View synonyms for mountain cat

mountain cat

noun

mountain cat

First recorded in 1655–65

Domestic cats’ genes could dilute or override traits that make mountain cats well adapted to high altitudes, Luo says.

The team didn’t detect domestic cats infiltrating mountain cat populations.

Analysis showed that the pet cats’ DNA carried traces of mountain cat genetics up to 30 generations ago.

One white-garbed scout went crawling stealthily down the snow-slope like a mountain-cat.

The natives call it “gato del monte,” which means “mountain cat.”

So, before I knew it, I had walked right up to the old mountain cat and took a hand myself.

He was stronger than the bear, he was swifter than the deer, he was nimbler than the mountain-cat or the panther.

One is full of sprightliness and agility—he is of the blood of the mountain-cat; another is clumsy—the musk-ox was his father.

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