Origin: 1700-1800 French couguar, from Modern Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi suasuarana, from suasu deer + rana false
a large brown wild cat from the mountains of western North America and South AmericaSYN mountain lion [Origin: 1700–1800 French couguar, from Modern Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi suasuarana, from suasu deer + rana false]