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puma

[pyoo-muh, poo-] Origin

pu·ma

[pyoo-muh, poo-]
noun
2.
the fur of a cougar.

Origin:
1770–80; < Spanish < Quechua
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Puma is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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puma (ˈpjuːmə)
 
n
cougar, Also called: mountain lion a large American feline mammal, Felis concolor, that resembles a lion, having a plain greyish-brown coat and long tail
 
[C18: via Spanish from Quechuan]

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puma
1777, from Sp. puma, from Quechua (Peru) puma.
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