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catamount

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

any of various wild cats, especially the lynx or the cougar.

See: cat of mountain,cougar,lynx,mountain cat(def. 1),cat ((1))(def. 1)

Quotations

1822

The Catamount, or Tiger Cat, sometimes improperly named the panther, is of the cat kind, very distinct from the wildcat, although there has been a confusion in the description of the two.

1852

Deer . . . were plentiful, and . . . the Canadian lynx, or catamount, as it is here commonly called, a species of wild cat or panther.

1904

The cook of the camp, in telling his comrades about the fate of the dog, spoke of the great wildcat as a "catamount", to distinguish him from the common cat of the woods.

1965

Cougars, also known as . . . catamounts . . . are large unspotted cats

2n.

See quote.

Quotations

1835

Well, she was a dreadful cross grained woman, a real catamount, as savage as a she bear that has cubs.