"catamount" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkætəmaʊnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkætəˌmaʊnt/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catamount.wav Forms: catamounts [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English cat of the mountain (“leopard, panther”). Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Puma concolor|species}} Puma concolor, {{clipping|en|catamountain|t=leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains}} Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), {{inh|en|enm|catamountain}} Middle English catamountain, {{inh|en|enm|cat of the mountain|t=leopard, panther}} Middle English cat of the mountain (“leopard, panther”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} catamount (plural catamounts)
  1. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor). Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Felids Translations (wild animal of the Felidae family): lince [feminine] (Italian), 들고양이 (deulgoyang'i) (Korean), 살쾡이 (salkwaeng'i) (Korean), дикая кошка (dikaja koška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-catamount-en-noun-xfZZBGWN Disambiguation of Felids: 66 34 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'wild animal of the Felidae family': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”). Tags: obsolete Synonyms: catamountain [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-catamount-en-noun-b9cf9q~E Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: catty-mount [Southern-US, dialectal] Related terms: catawampus [possibly]

Inflected forms

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