puma

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See mountain lion.

[Spanish, from Quechua.]

puma [ˈpjuːmə]

(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]

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Noun

puma - large American feline resembling a lion

cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, catamount, panther, painter

Felis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

Translations

puma [ˈpjuːmə] N → puma m

puma [ˈpjuːmə] n → puma m

puma

n → Puma m

puma [ˈpjuːmə] n → puma m inv

puma

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

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American lion American tiger carnivore catamount cougar felid Felis Felis concolor Fighting genus Felis hydrogen mountain mountain cat mountain lion painter panther time wildcat	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. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context 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. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context 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. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context	Pultesse Pulu pulverable Pulveraceous Pulverate Pulverine pulverisation pulverise pulverised Pulverizable pulverization pulverize pulverized Pulverizer Pulverous Pulverulence pulverulent Pulvil Pulvillio pulvillus Pulvinar pulvinate Pulvinic Pulvinulus pulvinus puma Pume pumelo Pumicate pumice pumice country Pumice soap Pumice stone Pumiced Pumiceous Pumiciform Pummace pummel pummelling pummelo pump pump action pump attendant Pump brake Pump dale Pump gear pump gun Pump handle Pump hood pump house pump in	Pulvin pulvinar pulvinar Pulvinar nucleus Pulvinar nucleus pulvinarium pulvinate pulvinate Pulvinate Plant pulvinated pulvinated Pulvinated Frieze Pulvinated Frieze pulvini pulvini pulvini Pulvinic Pulvinulus pulvinus pulvinus pulvinus pulvinus dentalis pulvinus dentalis pulvinus dentalis pulvinus digitalis pulvinus digitalis pulvinus digitalis pulvule PULZ PUM puma Puma concolor Puma concolor Puma concolor Puma yagouaroundi Puma yagouaroundi Puma yagouaroundi Puma yaguarondi Puma yaguarondi Puma yaguarondi Puma Youth Alliance League Cup Pumacagua, Mateo García PUMAQS Pumas Pumas Pumas Pumas PUMB Pumblechook PUMC PUMCH PUMCODOXPURSACOMLOPAR Pume pumelo pumelo pumelos PUMF PUMFIF PUMH Pumi Pumi

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American lion
American tiger
carnivore
catamount
cougar
felid
Felis
Felis concolor
Fighting
genus Felis
hydrogen
mountain
mountain cat
mountain lion
painter
panther
time
wildcat

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.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

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.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

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.

The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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