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cougar

 
Dictionary: cou·gar   ('gər) pronunciation
 
n. Chiefly Western U.S.

See mountain lion.

[French couguar, alteration (influenced by jaguar, jaguar) of Portuguese çuçuarana, from Tupi suasuarana : suasú, deer + rana, like (from its color).]


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Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. In many regions, the species is restricted to wilderness areas, and some subspecies are considered endangered. Cougars' coloration ranges from pale buff to reddish brown, with dark ears and tail tip and white rump and belly. The adult weighs from 77 to more than 220 lb (35 to 100 kg). A male may be about 9 ft (3 m) long, one-third of which is tail, and stand 24 – 30 in. (60 – 75 cm) tall at the shoulder. Since the cougar occasionally kills livestock, it has been intensively hunted by farmers, especially in North America, and has been basically exterminated from the eastern U.S. It is valuable for preventing overpopulation of prey animals (mostly deer, in North America). In North America, cougar attacks on humans occur a few times per year, some being fatal.

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A large, solid fawn-colored cat that resembles a short-legged maneless lion. Called also puma, mountain lion, Panthera concolor (syn. Felis concolor).

 
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IN BRIEF: A large animal of the cat family.

pronunciation A cougar was spotted on the far ridge of the mountain range.

 
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Cougar is a large cat species native to the Americas.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - puma, kuguar

Nederlands (Dutch)
poema

Français (French)
n. - puma

Deutsch (German)
n. - Puma

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) λέων ο ομόχρους, κούγκαρ

Italiano (Italian)
puma, coguaro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - puma (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
пума

Español (Spanish)
n. - puma, jaguar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - puma

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
美洲豹

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 美洲豹

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 퓨마

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ピューマ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فهد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פומה (נמר)‬


 
 
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