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catamount

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkætəmaʊnt/Part of speech nounSorted aacmnottuStarts with CEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. large American feline resembling a lion

Word origin

Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).

Used in a sentence

  • Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired."
  • 'He would have rid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'

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