mountain lion
English
Etymology
From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”). First use appears c. 1615.
Noun
mountain lion (plural mountain lions)
- A cougar, Puma concolor.
- Hypernym: wild cat
- 1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “The Forest Frontier”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64:
- The mountain lion may prowl here during any month.
Synonyms
- American lion
- catamount
- cougar
- deer tiger
- Felis concolor (obsolete)
- ghost cat
- Indian ghost
- mountain ghost
- painted cat
- painter
- puma
- red tiger
Derived terms
Translations
Puma concolor — see cougar
See also
- catamount (can refer to the mountain lion)
- catamountain (can refer to the mountain lion)
- panther (can refer to the mountain lion)
- Florida panther (a subspecies of mountain lion)