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cat o' mountain

cat o' mountain is the alternative spelling of catamountain.

Meaning of catamountain

Noun

catamountain (plural catamountains)

  1. (also, attributive) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
    • Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts / With dry Convultions, ſhorten vp their ſinewes / With aged Cramps, & more pinch-ſpotted make them, / Than Pard, or Cat o' Mountaine.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    catamount
  2. (broadly) A man living in the mountains.

Forms of cat o' mountain

pluralcat o' mountains

Questions about cat o' mountain

What is cat o' mountain the alternative spelling of?
Cat o' mountain is the alternative spelling of catamountain.

Words near cat o' mountain in the dictionary

  1. cat napper
  2. cat nappers
  3. cat napping
  4. cat naps
  5. cat nip
  6. cat o' mountain
  7. cat o' mountains
  8. cat o' nine tails
  9. cat organ
  10. cat organs
  11. cat owl

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