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puma [ˈpjuːmə] n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large American feline mammal, Felis concolor, that resembles a lion, having a plain greyish-brown coat and long tail Also called cougar mountain lion [via Spanish from Quechuan] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations puma n → Puma m n puma [ˈpjuːmə] (alsocougarˈkuːgə) a type of wild animal like a large cat, found in America. poema بوما: الأسَد الأمريكي пума puma puma der Puma πούμα puma puuma شیر کوهی puuma puma פּוּמָה बिल्ली परिवार का एक जानवर puma singa gunung púma, fjallaljón puma ピューマ 퓨마 puma puma puma poema puma puma puma puma пума, кугуар puma puma puma puma สิงโตภูเขา puma, panter 美洲獅 пума, кугуар کوجر، بلي کي طرح ايک بڑا امريکہ جانور báo sư tử 美洲狮 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Fastened by chains to the mainmast were a number of grisly staghounds, who now began leaping and barking at me, and by the mizzen a huge puma was cramped in a little iron cage far too small even to give it turning room. I told him that he ought to think himself lucky it wasn't anything worse than a monkey and a snake, for the last person Roscoe Sherriff handled, an emotional actress named Devenish, had to keep a young puma. Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gap in the bushes, and then lumbered away through the forest; once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great puma whisked amid the brushwood, and its green, baleful eyes glared hatred at us over its tawny shoulder. |
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