puma
noun/ˈpjuːmə/
/ˈpuːmə/
(especially British English) (North American English usually cougar)
(North American English also mountain lion, panther)
- a large American wild animal of the cat family, with yellow-brown or grey furTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: via Spanish from Quechua.
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