| NOUN | animal | catamount, lynx | short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears |
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| animal | catamount, cougar, puma, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
| Sounds | kae'tahmaw.nt | |
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| Rhymes | account ... viscount: 14 rhymes with awnt... | |
| Meaning | short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur. | |
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| Synonym | lynx | |
| Member of | genus Lynx | lynxes |
| Narrower | Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis | Of northern North America |
| bobcat, bay lynx, Lynx rufus | small lynx of North America | |
| caracal, desert lynx, Lynx caracal | Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia | |
| common lynx, Lynx lynx | Of northern Eurasia | |
| spotted lynx, Lynx pardina | Of southern Europe | |
| Broader | wildcat | Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild |
| Spanish | lince, lynx, puma | |
| Catalan | gat cerval, linx, puma | |
| Meaning | large American feline resembling a lion. | |
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| Synonyms | cougar, puma, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor | |
| Member of | Felis, genus Felis | type genus of the Felidae |
| Broader | wildcat | Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild |
| Spanish | Felis concolor, león americano, mitzli, pantera, puma concolor, puma | |
| Catalan | pantera, puma | |
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