Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Canada, US)A cougar, Puma concolor.

More definitions
  • large American feline resembling a lion

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom's dog was attacked by a mountain lion.

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  2. Tom cried when he heard that a mountain lion had killed his dog.

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  3. Tom cried when he heard that his dog had been killed by a mountain lion.

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  4. Mountain lions can be extremely aggressive.

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  5. Yanni was mauled by a mountain lion.

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Origin

From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”

From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”). First use appears c. 1615.

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Forms

plural: mountain lions
Singularmountain lion
Pluralmountain lions

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
painterA2American lioncatamountcougardeer tigerghost catIndian ghostmountain ghostpainted catpumared tigerFelis concolor
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedcatamountcatamountainpanther
Derivedmountain lioness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moundmountB1mountainA1mountaineerC1mountaineeringmountainous
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