cou|gar

cou|gar
cou|gar «KOO guhr», noun.
a large, slender animal of the cat family. The cougar is a flesh-eating mammal with a grayish- or tawny-brown coat, and a black muzzle, found wild in many parts of North and South America; panther; mountain lion; puma; catamount; painter.
[< French couguar (probably influenced by jaguar), ultimately < Tupi (Brazil) guazuara]

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  • cougar — cou|gar [ˈku:gə, ga: US gər, ga:r] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: couguar, from Modern Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi suasuarana, from suasu deer + rana false ] a large brown wild cat from the mountains of Western North America and South… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cougar — cou|gar [ kugər ] noun count a large wild cat that lives in mountain areas of North and South America: MOUNTAIN LION …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • American lion — Cougar Cou gar (k?? g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[ o]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • catamount — Cougar Cou gar (k?? g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[ o]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cougar — Cou gar (k?? g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[ o]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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