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Definition of Mountain lion

1. Noun. Large American feline resembling a lion.

Definition of Mountain lion

1. Noun. A large wild cat native to the Americas. Scientific name: ''Puma concolor'', previously ''Felis concolor''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Lion

Literary usage of Mountain lion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Rocky Mountain Cougar, Puma, mountain lion. The Southern Ute name for mountain ... The mountain lion is reported for this region by both whites and Indians. ..."

2. Traditions of the Caddo by George Amos Dorsey (1905)
"He determined to devour them, for he wasvery hungry, but he hesitated because he feared Mountain-Lion. At last hunger got the better of his judgment, and, ..."

3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"... river was a huge mountain lion." I have then paraphrased that a bit, like this: COBWEBS. There are Cobwebs 'cross the river, Glistening in the morning ..."

4. The Nucleation of the Uncontaminated Atmosphere by Carl Barus (1906)
"The men started out to hunt the next day, and when they came to the cave they saw the foot-prints of a man and a mountain-lion leading •way from it. ..."

5. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Rocky Mountain Cougar, Puma, mountain lion. The Southern Ute name for mountain ... The mountain lion is reported for this region by both whites and Indians. ..."

6. Traditions of the Caddo by George Amos Dorsey (1905)
"He determined to devour them, for he wasvery hungry, but he hesitated because he feared Mountain-Lion. At last hunger got the better of his judgment, and, ..."

7. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"... river was a huge mountain lion." I have then paraphrased that a bit, like this: COBWEBS. There are Cobwebs 'cross the river, Glistening in the morning ..."

8. The Nucleation of the Uncontaminated Atmosphere by Carl Barus (1906)
"The men started out to hunt the next day, and when they came to the cave they saw the foot-prints of a man and a mountain-lion leading •way from it. ..."

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