Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See mountain lion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as cougar.
- n. [capitalized] A genus of Felidæ, such as the cougar.
Wiktionary
- n. The mountain lion, cougar, Puma concolor.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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 , andpanther orpainter .
WordNet 3.0
- n. large American feline resembling a lion
Etymologies
- Spanish, from Quechua.
Examples
“That said, I've heard that the puma is a real pussycat compared to the African leopard when it comes to fighting.”
what would you rather fight a wolf or a puma?(I personaly wouldn't enjoy fighting either of them)
“Same problem President Obama is having with Republicans is mirrored in puma Blue Dogs .....”
“The puma is crouched, ready to leap past a prickly pear onto the back of a proud stag.”
“The eastern cougar also is known as a puma, panther, catamount, painter or mountain lion depending upon its habitat, according to the Cougar Rewilding Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to raising public awareness of eastern cougars.”
“The offending Army vehicle - a large personnel carrier, the army equivalent to the police crocodile, called a "puma" - was lying upside down.”
“Except, Kiran, since you're under 40, you're a puma, which is a cougar in training.”
“Herbert recognized it as the ferocious rival of the tiger, as formidable as the puma, which is the rival of the largest wolf!”
“And I always thought a puma was a cat, so I don't think he saw a puma.”
“Among the wild animals of Yucatan and Honduras are the jaguar (_Felis onça_) with spots, ocellated or eyed; and the panther (_Felis concolor_) called puma in Arizona; the vaca de aqua or manatee, shaped like a small whale but with two paddles; the howling monkey, largest in”
“This entire absence of fear in the puma is the same as exhibited by the tame house cat.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘puma’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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Here Kitty, Kitty
According to Wikipedia, "The cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, presumably due to its wide distribution across North and South America. It has over 40...
cougar, catamount, panther, painter, mountain screamer, puma, mountain lion, Felidae, deer tiger, Mexican lion, mellencamp?, red tiger and 6 more...
kewpid “Party Unity My Ass!�? some say. Aug 16, 2008
uselessness 'Round these parts, c_b, we don't ask. We just do. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a business meeting to puma. Oct 12, 2007
reesetee Sure would. But it probably wouldn't work unless you convinced everyone else to puma it. Oct 12, 2007
chained_bear Wouldn't it be great if we could verb puma? Hmm... Oct 12, 2007