Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[=u]"m[.a]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.
Wiktionary
n. ''Puma concolor'', a large wild cat native to the Americas.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A mountain lion, or cougar, is a large cat native to the Americas.
Mountain lion may also refer to:
in sports:
- Sacramento Mountain Lions, a team in the United Football League
- Sullivan Mountain Lions, a minor league baseball team
- The teams of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- The mascot and teams of Concord University, in West Virginia
- The mascot and teams of Young Harris College, in Georgia
in other uses:
- OS X Mountain Lion, a computer operating system
- Barbary lion, an extinct lion subspecies that once lived in the Atlas Mountains
Usage examples of "mountain lion".
In the center he drew the mountain lion, making certain the color of the animal's coat was just as white as he could recall, the color of the eyes just as blue as a sky in summer.
Now I've lived in panther or mountain lion country most of my life and never seen but one or two that weren't treed by hounds.
He was certain now that someone was up there, a sixth sense telling him this was no mountain lion or late-feeding bear.
And of course, any time there's a mountain lion or a particularly nasty bear, we let them into the keep until the beast is killed or wanders away.
Mostly indigenous-or once indigenous-to the United States: grizzly bear, big-horned sheep, bobcat, mountain lion, moose, elk, pronghorn, wolf, and the pathetic little joke of the Southwest: the jackalope-a bunny's head with the horns of a young antelope glued on.
A mountain lion could come up to the hunter's nose and sniff him, and if the hunter does not move, the lion would leave.
In this, he resembled the mountain lion who makes its lair in a cleft in the rock.
Aware of hostility and black magic, he ripped out his long knife and lunged, as quick on his feet as a mountain lion.