puma

[ pyoo-muh, poo- ]
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noun
  1. the fur of a cougar.

Origin of puma

1
1770–80; <Spanish <Quechua

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How to use puma in a sentence

  • I have come across a large puma that has taken a great fancy to me, and has become somewhat of a ‘white elephant.’

  • Not five paces off, crawling along the top of a bank, was a huge puma, apparently about to spring upon her.

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  • It was within two or three feet of where they stood looking at it, when the puma, with a loud growl, sprang forward and bit at it.

  • You saw that the branches carried the poor puma up into a hollow in the top of the trunk.

British Dictionary definitions for puma

puma

/ (ˈpjuːmə) /


noun
  1. a large American feline mammal, Felis concolor, that resembles a lion, having a plain greyish-brown coat and long tail: Also called: cougar, mountain lion

Origin of puma

1
C18: via Spanish from Quechuan

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