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catamount

Syllables: cat·a·mount/ˈkætəmaʊnt/US/ˈkætəˌmaʊnt/

catamount noun: a wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).

catamount: a wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor)
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Noun

catamount (plural catamounts)

  1. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).
    • Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired."1920, Peter B[ernhard] Kyne, chapter VIII, in The Understanding Heart, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp Clark Co., →OCLC, pages 144–145
    • 'He would have rid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'1930, William Faulkner, “Darl”, in As I Lay Dying (Penguin Modern Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus, published 1980, →ISBN, page 81
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”).
    Synonyms:
    catamountain

catamount meaning in Tamil

catamount in Tamil

ஐரோப்பியக் காட்டுப்பூனை

Synonyms of catamount

Forms of catamount

pluralcatamounts
alternative formcatty-mount

Origin of catamount

Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).

Questions about catamount

What does catamount mean?
Catamount means a wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).
What is catamount in Tamil?
Catamount in Tamil is ஐரோப்பியக் காட்டுப்பூனை. See Catamount meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catamount?
Catamount is a noun.
How do you pronounce catamount?
Catamount is pronounced /ˈkætəmaʊnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of catamount?
The plural of catamount is catamounts.

Words near catamount in the dictionary

  1. catamnesis
  2. catamnestic
  3. catamorphic
  4. catamorphism
  5. catamorphisms
  6. catamount
  7. catamountain
  8. catamountains
  9. catamounts
  10. catanadromous
  11. Catanauan

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