[koo-ger] 
) -gar. | a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas. |
| cou·gar (kōō'gər) n. Chiefly Western U.S. See mountain lion. [French couguar, alteration (influenced by jaguar, jaguar) of Portuguese çuçuarana, from Tupi suasuarana : suasú, deer + rana, like (from its color).] |
| 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. |