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Catamount

Catamount Meaning & Definition
Catamount Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Catamount?

[n] large American feline resembling a lion
[n] short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

Synonyms | Synonyms for Catamount: cougar | Felis concolor | lynx | mountain lion | painter | panther | puma

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See Also | bay lynx | bobcat | Canada lynx | caracal | common lynx | desert lynx | Felis | genus Felis | genus Lynx | Lynx canadensis | Lynx caracal | Lynx lynx | Lynx pardina | Lynx rufus | spotted lynx | wildcat

Catamount In Webster's Dictionary

\Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zo["o]l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

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