catamount

  • 11Catamount Tavern — The Catamount Tavern was a tavern in Old Bennington, Vermont, USA. Originally known as Fay’s House, it is marked now by a granite and copper statue placed in 1896. It was built 1769 and burned in 1871. During the tavern s 102 years of existence,… …

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  • 12catamount — noun Etymology: short for cat a mountain Date: 1664 any of various wild cats: as a. cougar b. lynx …

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  • 13catamount — /kat euh mownt /, n. 1. a wild animal of the cat family, esp. the cougar or the lynx. 2. catamountain. [1655 65; short for CATAMOUNTAIN] * * * …

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  • 14catamount — noun /ˈkætəmʌənt/ A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially puma or lynx …

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  • 15catamount — n. wildcat (type of wild animal especially the cougar or lynx) …

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  • 16catamount — [ katəmaʊnt] (also catamountain ˌkatə maʊntɪn) noun N. Amer. a puma. ↘archaic any medium sized or large wild cat. Origin ME (as catamountain): from the phr. cat of the mountain …

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  • 17catamount — n. Cougar, puma, North American tiger (Felis concolor) …

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  • 18catamount — cat·a·mount …

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  • 19catamount — cat•a•mount [[t]ˈkæt əˌmaʊnt[/t]] n. 1) mam a wild cat, esp. the cougar or the lynx 2) mam catamountain • Etymology: 1655–65; short for catamountain …

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  • 20catamount — /ˈkætəmaʊnt/ (say katuhmownt) noun → catamountain …