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catamounts

catamounts is the plural of catamount.

Meaning of catamount

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
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”).
    Synonyms:
    catamountain

Questions about catamounts

What is catamounts the plural of?
Catamounts is the plural of catamount.

Words near catamounts in the dictionary

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

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