catamount

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkætəmaʊnt/

Noun

catamount (plural catamounts)

1. A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints

     With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews

     With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them

     Than pard, or cat o' mountain.

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