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cat⋅a⋅mount
[kat-uh-mount] 
əˌmaʊnt
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| cat·a·mount (kāt'ə-mount') n. See mountain lion. [Short for catamountain.] |
| 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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Catamount
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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catamount
1664, shortening of cat-o'-mountain (1616), from cat of the mountain (1432).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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