Definition of Pumas

1. Proper noun. the national rugby union representative team of Argentina ¹

2. Noun. (plural of puma) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pumas

1. puma [n] - See also: puma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumas

pulvillus
pulvils
pulvinae
pulvinar
pulvinars
pulvinate
pulvini
pulvinic acid
pulvinoid
pulvinus
pulwar
pulwars
puly
puma
pumalike
pumas (current term)
pumelo
pumelos
pumicate
pumicated
pumicates
pumicating
pumice
pumice stone
pumice stones
pumiced
pumicelike
pumiceous
pumicer
pumicers

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. ..."

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