catamount Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
    lynx.
  2. noun large American feline resembling a lion
    puma; panther; Felis concolor; cougar; painter; mountain lion.

WordNet

Cat"a*mount noun
Etymology
Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

Webster 1913