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catamountain
CIDE DICTIONARY
catamountain, n.
the bushy-tailed European wildcat (Felis silvestris ) resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catamountain, n.
1 a lynx, leopard, puma, or other tiger-cat.
2 a wild quarrelsome person.
1 a lynx, leopard, puma, or other tiger-cat.
2 a wild quarrelsome person.
Etymology
ME f. cat of the mountain
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