Thesaurus results for CAT-A-MOUNTAINS

cat-a-mountains

noun

plural of cat-a-mountain

as in panthers

a large tawny cat of the wild tracks that looked to be those of a cat-a-mountain

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The panther is the one to escort him to civilization, which proves easier said than done.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Locals were regaled with other stories of bears, panthers and other game killed where now there were houses and farms.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of panthers

Noun

The tragic ending of the young puma in San Dimas comes three months after a year-old female cougar and a 6-month-old male mountain lion were fatally struck by vehicles.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
New large-scale research shows that the presence of mountain lions, also known as pumas or cougars, can drastically decrease the number of potentially deadly collisions between deer and vehicles by changing the behavior of their prey.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of cougars

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Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The only reader who can come close to this is Marty in Idaho who has mountain lions rolling in at night.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of mountain lions

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