Main Entry: cou·gar

Pronunciation: \ˈkü-gər also -ˌgär\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural cougars also cougar

Etymology: French couguar, modification of New Latin cuguacuarana, from Tupi si̵wasuarána, from si̵wásu deer + -ran resembling

Date: 1774

: a large powerful tawny-brown cat (Felis concolor) formerly widespread in the Americas but now reduced in number or extinct in many areas —called also catamount, mountain lion, panther, puma

[cougar illustration]