mountain lion
mountain lion noun: a cougar, Puma concolor.
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Noun
mountain lion (plural mountain lions)
- A cougar, Puma concolor.
- The mountain lion may prowl here during any month.1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “The Forest Frontier”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64
- Synonyms:
- American lion, catamount, cougar, deer tiger, Felis concolor, ghost cat, Indian ghost, mountain ghost, painted cat, painter
mountain lion meaning in Tamil
mountain lion in Tamil
- இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்
Synonyms of mountain lion
- American lion
- catamount
- cougar
- deer tiger
- ghost cat
- Indian ghost
- mountain ghost
- painted cat
- painter
- puma
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- red tiger
- Felis concolor
Forms of mountain lion
| plural | mountain lions |
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Origin of mountain lion
From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”). First use appears c. 1615.
Words formed from mountain lion
Questions about mountain lion
- What does mountain lion mean?
- Mountain lion means a cougar, Puma concolor.
- What is mountain lion in Tamil?
- Mountain lion in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Mountain lion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mountain lion?
- Mountain lion is a noun.
- What is the plural of mountain lion?
- The plural of mountain lion is mountain lions.
Words near mountain lion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mountain lion (page history and authors); mountain lion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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