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View synonyms for mountain cat
mountain cat
noun
- a cougar.
- a bobcat.
mountain cat
noun
- any of various wild feline mammals, such as the bobcat, lynx, or puma
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mountain cat1
First recorded in 1655–65
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Example Sentences
One white-garbed scout went crawling stealthily down the snow-slope like a mountain-cat.
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The natives call it “gato del monte,” which means “mountain cat.”
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So, before I knew it, I had walked right up to the old mountain cat and took a hand myself.
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He was stronger than the bear, he was swifter than the deer, he was nimbler than the mountain-cat or the panther.
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One is full of sprightliness and agility—he is of the blood of the mountain-cat; another is clumsy—the musk-ox was his father.
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