panther†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

See: cougar

Quotations

1764

. . . a panther, which one of the young men had seen.

1833

The villagers were aroused by the report that a panther had been seen in the neighborhood.

1959

Panthers--also known as cougars--were once rampant in Eastern Canada. . . .