DCHP-1 Online
catamount 
1 n. any of various wild cats, especially the lynx or the cougar.
See also: cat of mountain cougar lynx mountain cat (def. 1) cat ((1)) (def. 1)
- 1822 The Catamount, or Tiger Cat, sometimes improperly named the panther, is of the cat kind, very distinct from the wildcat, although there has been a confusion in the description of the two.
- 1852 (1881) Deer . . . were plentiful, and . . . the Canadian lynx, or catamount, as it is here commonly called, a species of wild cat or panther.
- 1904 The cook of the camp, in telling his comrades about the fate of the dog, spoke of the great wildcat as a "catamount", to distinguish him from the common cat of the woods.
- 1965 Cougars, also known as . . . catamounts . . . are large unspotted cats
2 n. See quote.
- 1835 Well, she was a dreadful cross grained woman, a real catamount, as savage as a she bear that has cubs.
- 1822 The Catamount, or Tiger Cat, sometimes improperly named the panther, is of the cat kind, very distinct from the wildcat, although there has been a confusion in the description of the two.