puma†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

1844

Alfred who was in advance, perceived that a puma (catamount, or painter, as it is usually termed), had taken possession of the deer. . . .

1953

If they had seen or winded a predatory animal, a wolf or puma, the cows would have bunched together and stood their ground. . . .