mountain lion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”).
Noun[edit]
mountain lion (plural mountain lions)
- A cougar, Puma concolor.
- 1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “The Forest Frontier”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64:
- The mountain lion may prowl here during any month.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Puma concolor): Felis concolor (formerly); puma, cougar, painter, painted cat, mountain ghost, Indian ghost, American lion, deer tiger, red tiger
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Puma concolor — see cougar
See also[edit]
- catamount (can refer to the mountain lion)
- catamountain (can refer to the mountain lion)
- panther (can refer to the mountain lion)
- Florida panther (a subspecies of mountain lion)