cou ‧ gar /ˈkuːɡə, -ɡɑː $ -ɡər, -ɡɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: 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 America SYN mountain lion