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Webster 1913 Edition


Catamount

Cat′a-mount

(kăt′ȧ-mount)
,
Noun.
[
Cat
+
mount
; cf. Sp.
gato montes
mountain cat.]
(Zool.)
The
cougar
. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the
lynx
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Catamount

CATAMOUNT

,
Noun.
Cat of the mountain, the wild cat.