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单词 catamount
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catamountn.

/ˈkatəmaʊnt/
Etymology: Shortened < catamountain n.
1. = catamountain n.; a pard or panther. Obsolete.
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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.
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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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