2. Noun. (plural of puma) ¹
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Definition of Pumas
1. puma [n] - See also: puma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumas
Literary usage of Pumas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around and about South America: Twenty Months of Quest and Query by Frank Vincent (1890)
"The pumas are of a brownish-yellow color, without spots, and next to the jaguar
in size and fierceness. The condors, which are a species of vulture and the ..."
2. On the Frontier: Reminiscences of Wild Sports, Personal Adventures, and by J. S. Campion (1878)
"... or Bighorn — Antelopes — Bears—Wolves—Foxes—pumas — Lynx and other Game — The
Snowstorm—An empty Larder. WE entered the valley which, for the time, ..."
3. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"GROUP OF pumas. The colour of the Puma is an uniform light tawny tint, deeper in
some individuals than in others, and fading into a beautiful greyish-white ..."
4. At Home with the Patagonians: A Year's Wanderings Over Untrodden Ground from by George Chaworth Musters (1871)
"A Pampa Snow-storm.— The Santa Cruz Valley.—Up the River.—The Northern
Hills.— pumas.—Devil's Eyes.—Hunting on Foot.—Intense Cold.—Return of the Deserters. ..."