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catamount

n.
US //ˈkætəˌmaʊnt// cata·mount Archaic
Synonyms
Origin

Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).

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