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catamountain

ca·ta·moun·tain

UK/kætəˈmaʊntɪn/ US/-t(ə)n/ uncommon

noun

1.

bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat

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Origin

From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).

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