n.
Pronunciation: ' kü-g ə r also - ˌ gär
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cougars also cougar
Etymology: French couguar, modification of New Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi s ɨ wasuarána, from s ɨ wásu deer + -ran resembling
Date: 1774
: a large powerful tawny-brown cat ( Felis concolor ) formerly widespread in the Americas but now reduced in number or extinct in many areas ― called also catamount mountain lion panther puma
cougar