variants
also panther
as in cougars
a large tawny cat of the wild
the panther is surprisingly difficult to spot
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Noun
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The sanctuary lost one Bengal tiger, four cougars, one African caracal, two Canada lynx, one Geoffroy cat, one Bengal cat, one Eurasian lynx, four bobcats and five African servals.—
Katherine Hignett,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024 -
Where are confirmed cougar sightings in Michigan?—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
18 Dec. 2024
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Instead, drawing on other studies, the scientists show elk numbers were brought down by multiple predators: grizzly and black bears, cougars, wolves, and human hunters.—
ByVirginia Morell,
science.org,
23 Oct. 2024
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Nicole Kidman, who’s been coming into her own as one of cinema’s reigning cougars courtesy of her multiple on-screen romances with Zac Efron, plays a CEO who gets involved with a much-younger intern (the aforementioned Dickinson, who’s shown excellent taste in directors).—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2024
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By 2007, a family of pumas likely killed thousands of Magellanic penguins (MP), over the course of several nesting seasons along the wild coastline of Argentine Patagonia.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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But experts said that the killing of the puma was probably the only responsible answer.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Sep. 2024
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