- cougar cou·gar n
- ['kuːɡə(r)]
coguaro
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cougar cou·gar n
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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; … Useful english dictionary
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
cougar — cou•gar [[t]ˈku gər[/t]] n. pl. gars, (esp. collectively) gar. mam a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America Also called mountain lion,panther 1),puma • Etymology: 1765–75; < F couguar (Buffon) < NL cuguacuara, appar. a … From formal English to slang
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
cougar — cou·gar … English syllables
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
Felis concolor — 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
mountain 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
panther — 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
