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catamount
catamount (ˈkætəmaʊnt) [Shortened from catamountain.] † 1. = catamountain; a pard or panther. Obs.1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 5 With clea's or tallons (like a Catamount). 1730–6 Bailey (folio) Cat-a-mount, a Mongrel, or wild Cat. 2. A common name in U.S. of the puma or cougar (Felis concolor), also c...
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Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth
They refer to Gareth as a "Catamountain." Jason takes this opportunity to pretend to be the beholder of the supposedly Ferocious beast. They later on become friends with the village and leave after another catamountain arrives. This time, with kittens.
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Camel's Hump
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists twelve variant names including Tah-wak-be-dee-ee-so wadso and Catamountain.
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jaguarete
‖ jaguarete Also 8 -ette, -etta. [See prec.: Montoya 1639 has ‘Yaguarete tigre’.] Adaptation of the Guarani specific name for the jaguar; long mistaken by European writers for a distinct species or variety, and applied by some to the Black Jaguar.1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Jaguarete,..the name of a ...
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87th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Crest: On a wreath Argent and Azure rising from a castle tower of three battlements Gules masoned Or charged with a fountain, a demi-catamountain proper The catamountain or wildcat personifies the fighting spirit, cunning, and aggressiveness of the Mountain Infantry, and the lance and pennant allude to
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ocelot
ocelot (ˈəʊsɪlɒt, ˈɒs-) [a. F. ocelot, abridged by Buffon from the Mexican name tlalocelotl (Hernandez), f. tlalli field + ocelotl tiger, jaguar. By thus dropping the qualifying element, Buffon took the Mexican name of the jaguar as the appellation of another feline beast. (Cf. Simeon Dict. Langue N...
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cat o' mountain
catamountain, cat o' mountain (kætəˈmaʊntɪn, -əʊˈmaʊntɪn) Forms: 5–7 cat of the mountain, 6–7 cat of mountain, 7–8 catamountain(e, (8 cat-amountant), 6– cat o mountain, 7– cat-a-mountain. [app. of English formation: it does not appear that the ME. ‘cat of the mountain’ was a translation from another...
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tiger-cat
ˈtiger-ˌcat a. A name for any of the feline beasts of moderate or small size which resemble the tiger in their markings or otherwise; including the Margay, Ocelot, Serval, etc. (In Zool. Society's List applied to two species: see quot. 1896.) Also fig.1699 W. Dampier Voy. II. ii. 62 The Beasts of Pr...
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mountain
mountain (ˈmaʊntɪn) Forms: 3 monetain, 3–5 -a(i)n, 3–6 -ayn, mo(u)ntayne, 4 monteyne, -eine, muntayne, 4–6 mo(u)ntaigne, mounteyn, -ayn, Sc. montane, 4–7 mountaine, 5 -eyne, mowntan, -eyne, -ane, (pl. -aunce), montagne, 5–6 Sc. mountane, -ene, 6 -eine, 8 Sc. dial. muntain, 4– mountain. [a. OF. monta...
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