COUGAR


Meaning of COUGAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkü-gər also ]

-ˌgär noun

( plural cougars also cougar )

Etymology: French couguar, modification of New Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi si̵wasuarána, from si̵wásu 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

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