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cou·gar (ko̵̅o̅′gər, -gär′)

noun pl. cougars -·gars or cougar -·gar

a large, powerful, tawny cat (Puma concolor) with a long, slender body and a long tail; puma; mountain lion: it was once found widely from Canada to Patagonia but is now considered an endangered species

Etymology: Fr couguar, contr. (by Comte de Buffon) < cuguacuara, faulty transcription of Port çuçuarana, for Tupí susuarana, lit., false deer < suusú, deer + rana, false: so named from its color

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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