"catty-mount" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: catty-mounts [plural]
Etymology: From catamount. Head templates: {{en-noun}} catty-mount (plural catty-mounts)
  1. (dialectal, Southern US) Alternative spelling of catamount. Tags: Southern-US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: catamount

Inflected forms

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