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Webster 1913 Edition


Puma

Pu′ma

(pū′mȧ)
,
Noun.
[Peruv.
puma
.]
(Zool.)
A large American carnivore (
Felis concolor
), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also
catamount
,
cougar
,
American lion
,
mountain lion
, and
panther
or
painter
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Puma

PU'MA

,
Noun.
A rapacious quadruped of America, of the genus Felis.

Definition 2024


púma

púma

See also: puma, Puma, and pumă

Icelandic

Noun

púma f

  1. puma

Synonyms


Irish

Etymology

From Spanish puma.

Noun

púma m (genitive singular púma, nominative plural púmaí)

  1. puma

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
púma phúma bpúma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.