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Word entry · 6 letters

cougar

Best crossword clue

"Large wild cat"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkuːɡə/Part of speech nounSorted acgoruStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large American feline resembling a lion

Word origin

From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.

Used in a sentence

  • The Cougar has entirely disappeared, or is very rarely met with. This animal was about the size of the wolf, of a gray color, strong, active, fierce and untameable.
  • The only indigenous long tailed cat in America north of the parallel of 30 degrees is the cougar. The wild cats, so called, are lynxes with short tails; and of these there are three distinct species.
  • A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.

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