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cou·gar \ˈkügə(r), -ˌgär, -ˌgȧ(r\ noun also cou·guar \“, -ˌgwär, -ˌgwȧ(r\ (plural cougars also cougar) Etymology: French couguar, modification (influenced by jaguar) of New Latin cuguacuarana, modification of Tupi suasuarana, çuçuarana, literally, false deer, from suasú, suusú deer + rana false; from its color : a large powerful tawny brown unspotted cat (Felis concolor) longer limbed and less bulky than the jaguar and formerly widespread over most of the Americas but now extinct in much of the United States and eastern Canada — called also American lion, catamount, mountain lion, panther, puma
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