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catamount

ca·ta·mount

UK/ˈkætəmaʊnt/ US/ˈkætəˌmaʊnt/ uncommon obsolete us

noun

1.

short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

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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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