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catamountain definition

cata·moun·tain (kat′ə mo̵unt′'n)

noun

Archaic any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat

Etymology: cat + obs. a, of + mountain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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