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Catamount   /kˈætəmˌaʊnt/   Listen
Catamount

noun
1.
Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur.  Synonym: lynx.
2.
Large American feline resembling a lion.  Synonyms: cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma.






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"Catamount" Quotes from Famous Books



... Oak Linden or Bass Tree Box Elder or Stink-wood Tree Cassine or Yapon. Tooth-ache Tree or Prickly Ash Passion Thorn or Honey Locust. Bearded Creeper Palmetto Bramble, Sarsaparilla Rattlesnake Herb Red Dye Plant. Flat Root Panther or Catamount. Bison or Buffalo ...
— History of Louisisana • Le Page Du Pratz

... you liked me, the moment you thought me in your power didn't you leap upon my shoulders like a catamount and cling there, shouting to all the world to come and help you, for you had caught Black Donald and would die before you would give him up? Ah! you little vampire, how you thirsted for my blood! And you pretended to ...
— Capitola the Madcap • Emma D. E. N. Southworth



Words linked to "Catamount" :   bobcat, Lynx canadensis, Lynx lynx, common lynx, desert lynx, Lynx rufus, caracal, Lynx caracal, spotted lynx, wildcat, Felis, Lynx pardina, genus Felis, Canada lynx, genus Lynx, bay lynx



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