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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See mountain lion.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as cougar.
  2. n. [capitalized] A genus of Felidæ, such as the cougar.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The mountain lion, cougar, Puma concolor.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. large American feline resembling a lion

Etymologies

  1. Spanish, from Quechua.

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‘puma’ has been looked up 1646 times, added to 13 lists, commented on 4 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.