单词 | catamount |
释义 | catamountn.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera pardus (leopard or panther) pantherOE pardOE leoparda1290 catamountain?a1475 pardal1553 tiger1604 mountain cat1625 catamount1664 pardalis1687 black panther1789 guepard1882 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 With clea's or tallons (like a Catamount). 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Cat-a-mount, a Mongrel, or wild Cat. 2. A common name in U.S. of the puma or cougar ( Felis concolor), also called Panther, Painter, and Mountain (or American) Lion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > felis concolor (puma) tiger1604 mountain lion?1615 panther1683 painter1738 red tiger1763 puma1771 American mountain lion1774 cougar1774 poltroon tiger1790 catamount1794 Indian devil1838 black panther1857 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 86 The catamount seems to be the same animal which the ancients called Lynx. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 109 A wild beast..I say! twarn't a cattermount tho', was it? 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 193 The woods were full of Catamounts, And Indians red as deer. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 236 The hunter is not alarmed by bears, catamounts, or wolves. 1884 Echo 24 Nov. 4/3 In Pennsylvania, bears and catamounts are so numerous..in Pike county as to be a perfect nuisance to the farmers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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