| 单词 | mountain lion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain lion mountain lion n. a lion or other big cat frequenting mountainous country; spec. the puma or cougar, Felis concolor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > felis concolor (puma) tiger1604 mountain lion?1615 panther1683 painter1738 red tiger1763 puma1771 American mountain lion1774 cougar1774 poltroon tiger1790 catamount1794 Indian devil1838 black panther1857 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 137 The chafed Bore, the mountaine Lionesse. View more context for this quotation] ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 402 No mountaine Lion tore Two Lambs so sternly. 1859 G. A. Jackson Diary 1 Jan. in Colorado Mag. (1935) 12 204 Killed a mountain lion today. 1874 G. H. Kingsley Let. 13 July in Notes Sport & Trav. (1900) 172 It was not a bear we were after; it was a mountain lion... Our lion is the puma. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies ix. 77 The cougar or mountain lion is a large tawny brown cat with a small head, rather slender body and long round tail. 1972 Radio Times 1 June 30/1 Wild life to be found in different parts of Canada including a mountain lion and a wapiti. 1990 Nature Conservancy Sept. 18/2 Professional hunters..relentlessly pursued the grizzlies, wolves, and mountain lions. < as lemmas |
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