mountain lion
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animalsmountain lionˈmountain ˌlion noun [countable] HBAa cougarExamples from the Corpusmountain lion• One of my first memories was when he shot a mountain lion and he let me shoot it too.• California has not allowed mountain lion hunting for nearly 25 years.• Voters made it a permanent ban in 1990 with the passage of Prop. 117, the so-called mountain lion initiative.