catamount

[ kat-uh-mount ]
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noun
  1. a wild animal of the cat family, especially the cougar or the lynx.

Origin of catamount

1
First recorded in 1655–65; short for catamountain

Words Nearby catamount

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How to use catamount in a sentence

  • I had just got here, and was going to call you, when you yelled like a catamount down by the old grave.

  • I heard the struggle roll to and fro upon the floor, the yells of the catamount ringing up to heaven as she strove to reach me.

  • Had it been now a catamount, or even a full-size panther, I would have embellished a performance for you worth regarding.

    The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
  • Will your grand looks, or Hist's tears and beauty, change a wolf into a squirrel, or make a catamount as innocent as a fa'an?

    The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper
  • He grunts like a hog, already; when the Huron women begin to torment him, he will cry like the young of the catamount.

    The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for catamount

catamount

catamountain

/ (ˈkætəˌmaʊnt) /


noun
  1. any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx

Origin of catamount

1
C17: short for cat of the mountain

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