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Mountain cat

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mountain cat

–noun
1. a cougar.
2. a bobcat.

Origin:
1655–65
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mountain cat  
n.  See mountain lion.
mountain lion  
n.   Chiefly Western U.S.
A large powerful wild cat (Felis concolor) of mountainous regions of the Western Hemisphere, having an unmarked tawny body. Also called catamount, mountain cat, panther, puma; also called regionally cougar, painter3.
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