DCHP-3

mountain cat

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — East

See 1947 quote.

See: catamount(def. 1)

Quotations

<i>c</i>1665
He came with us to our Cottage, where we mett our companion after having killed one beare, 2 staggs, and 2 mountain catts.
1861
This gives us more time for sport, for another cruize or two up the bay, to gather eggs or rinds, or to try and secure one of the large seals for boot-bottoms for the ensuing winter, and to shoot a mountain-cat or two.
1947
The lynx or mountain cat . . . is found in the southern part of the peninsula in broken country.
2n. — West

a large, wild cat, Felis concolor, once common but now confined to southwestern Canada.

See: cougar

Quotations

<i>c</i>1902
Some soft oozy moss-padded lair . . . sets Ba'tiste's pulse hopping--jumping--marking time in thrills like the lithe bounds of a pouncing mountain-cat.
1911
"I guess--that was a mountain-cat, back in the woods. . . ."