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cougar

cou·gar

UK/ˈkuːɡə/ US/ˈkuɡɚ/ uncommon slang us

noun

Origin

From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.

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