cougar
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Definition of cougar
— called also catamount, mountain lion, panther, puma
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catamount, cat-a-mountain, mountain lion, panther, puma
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials used dogs to track the cougar. — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, "Officials kill cougar that tried to attack a child in Leavenworth park," 3 June 2019 There are about 6,600 cougars — also called commonly called mountain lions or pumas — throughout Oregon. — Gillian Flaccus, Fox News, "Authorities: Dead Oregon hiker likely killed by cougar," 12 Sep. 2018 Dating him is what finally convinced me this cougar business is a load of crap. — Melanie Hamlett, Glamour, "Men My Age Wouldn’t Date Me, so I Became a ‘Cougar’," 5 Apr. 2019 The area is home to big horn sheep, wild turkeys and one of Nebraska’s only permanent cougar populations. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, "The 20 Best Small Towns To Visit in 2018," 5 June 2018 Foxes, snakes, birds, chickens, monkeys, cougars, and coyotes have all shown the ability to live in cities. — Aditi Shrikant, BostonGlobe.com, "When wild animals urbanize," 13 July 2018 They are accused of killing more than 200 animals including deer, bears, cougars, bobcats and a squirrel. — Marlena Baldacci And Madison Park, CNN, "Poaching ring suspects killed hundreds of animals for 'thrill of the kill,' authorities say," 18 May 2018 For the next phase of the research, the team collected severed cat tongues from six different species: a domestic cat, a bobcat, a cougar, a snow leopard, a tiger, and a lion. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Science says your cat’s tongue is ideally suited for grooming fur," 28 Dec. 2018 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials searched the area, but could not locate the cougar, FOX12 reported. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Alpaca caught on video chasing after cougar to save her baby," 24 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cougar.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of cougar was in 1774
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