mountain lion

noun

Updated on: 16 Apr 2018

Definition of mountain lion

: cougar 1

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Examples of mountain lion in a Sentence

the problems created by mountain lions coming into contact with humans in suburban developments

Recent Examples of mountain lion from the Web

The mountain lion was contained in the backyard of a home, police said.

— CBS News, "Police catch large mountain lion lounging in backyard of California home," 26 Mar. 2018
My wife, Shannon, who grew up in the mountains of northern California, has had a lot of experience with mountain lions, which are much larger than bobcats, averaging 90 to 150 pounds versus the 20-to 40- pound range of the bobcat.

— ben raines, AL.com, "A bobcat, a jaguarundi, and a surefire way to make your spouse mad," 20 Mar. 2018
The death of the animal marks the second mountain lion put down by the agency in over the last week.

— everton bailey jr., OregonLive.com, "Plane crashes in Clatskanie, pilot escapes without serious injuries," 20 Mar. 2018
Robert Martinez dropped a video on YouTube in February that captured in crystal clear imagery mountain lions on Sunset Ridge in the Angeles National Forest, west of Los Angeles.

— david caraccio, sacbee, "Photographer camera traps mountain lions in this stunning video shot near L.A. | The Sacramento Bee," 14 Mar. 2018
The mountain lion, an 82-pound female, was spotted at around 8 a.m. and forced the school to go into a lockdown.

— michael katz, idahostatesman, "Mountain lion shot, killed by sheriff’s office at southwest Idaho school," 14 Feb. 2018
Cougars, also called mountain lions, pumas and catamounts, were native to Wisconsin but were extirpated through unregulated hunting in the 1800s.

— paul a. smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Cougar confirmed from Feb. 7 video in Washington County," 13 Feb. 2018
At one point, Wiebe even pulled out a canister of bear spray, lest all that yowling were to attract a mountain lion.

— jason bittel, National Geographic, "Hear the Otherworldly Screams of Lynx in Battle," 28 Mar. 2018
The sites will attract mountain lions or other predators that aren’t otherwise adapted to the desert, said Robin Silver, co-founder of the Center of Biological Diversity.

— alex devoid, azcentral, "Back from the brink, the Sonoran pronghorn now roam an increasingly political landscape," 27 Mar. 2018

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