Meanings
plural mountain lions
- CanadaUSA cougar, Puma concolor.
The mountain lion may prowl here during any month.
1915 April 28, Enos A. Mills, “The Forest Frontier”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64Synonyms: American lion, catamount, cougar, deer tiger, Felis concolor, ghost cat, Indian ghost, mountain ghost
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cougar, Puma concolor.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge American feline resembling a lion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From mountain (“the animal's habitat”), + lion (“an African cat of similar size and color”). First use appears c. 1615.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
mountain lion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20lion
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