variants
also cougar
as in panthers
a large tawny cat of the wild
in many regions, suburban developments have encroached upon the habitat of the cougar
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Revelations from the study arrive as some Southern California and Central Coast cougars are at a crossroads.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Pennsylvania has tons of cougars too.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Shrinking Season One never entirely abandoned its core idea in the way that Spin City made Carla Gugino disappear or Cougar Town stopped telling stories about Cox being a cougar.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The mountain lion killed in Wyoming was a cougar recorded by the Boone and Crockett Club.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Pennsylvania has tons of cougars too.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Shrinking Season One never entirely abandoned its core idea in the way that Spin City made Carla Gugino disappear or Cougar Town stopped telling stories about Cox being a cougar.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The mountain lion killed in Wyoming was a cougar recorded by the Boone and Crockett Club.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Cougars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cougars. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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