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catamountain

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cat⋅a⋅moun⋅tain

  [kat-uh-moun-tn]
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–noun
a wild animal of the cat family, as the European wildcat, the leopard, or panther.
Also, cat-o'-mountain.

Origin:
1400–50; var. of cat o' mountain, late ME cat of the mountaine
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cat·a·moun·tain   (kāt'ə-moun'tən)   
n.  Any of various wild felines, such as the leopard or a wildcat.

[Alteration of cat of the mountain.]
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