catamountain

cat·a·moun·tain

C0154800 (kăt′ə-moun′tən)n. Any of various wild felines, such as the leopard or a wildcat.

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[Alteration of cat of the mountain.]

cat•a•moun•tain

(ˌkæt əˈmaʊn tn)

n. any wild cat, esp. the European wildcat. [1400–50; < late Middle English cat of the mountaine]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.catamountain - bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic catEuropean wildcat, Felis silvestrisFelis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcatswildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild