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Cougar   /kˈugər/   Listen
Cougar

noun
1.
Large American feline resembling a lion.  Synonyms: catamount, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma.






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"Cougar" Quotes from Famous Books



... error is very common. "It is practically conceded." "The decision was practically unanimous." "The panther and the cougar are practically the same animal." These and similar misapplications of the word are virtually ...
— Write It Right - A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults • Ambrose Bierce

... a dark figure creep on noiseless feet toward the tree, from a bough of which hung their deer. It was only a shadow in the night, but they knew that it was a cougar, drawn by the savor of ...
— The Texan Star - The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty • Joseph A. Altsheler

... first object that attracts my attention is the lithe form of my pursuer who is running up and down the bank lashing his tail in fury, and occasionally breaking forth in the most savage roars. In its yellow coat and cat-like movements I recognize the dreaded cougar—the tiger of the western mountains—an animal that, when once aroused, will not hesitate to attack man or beast. He seemed to be deliberating whether to follow me into the stream. It was plain he disliked entering the water, and after pacing to ...
— Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches - An Autobiography • Edwin Eastman

... give the word. Noticing that the dog is scarred and seamed all over, I inquire the reason, and am told that he has been fighting wild boars in the chaparral, of which gentle pastime he is extremely fond. "Yes, and he'll tackle a cougar too, of which there are plenty of them around here, if that cowardly animal would only keep out of the trees," admiringly continues mine host, as he orders Barney ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens



Words linked to "Cougar" :   wildcat, Felis, genus Felis



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