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catamountains

catamountains is the plural 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.

Questions about catamountains

What is catamountains the plural of?
Catamountains is the plural of catamountain.

Words near catamountains in the dictionary

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

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