catamountain
Meanings
noun
- A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
- A man living in the mountains.
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Etymology
From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).
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