All puma synonyms
pu·ma
P p noun puma
- cougar — A cougar is a wild member of the cat family. Cougars have brownish-grey fur and live in mountain regions of North and South America.
- mouser — an animal that catches mice: Our cat is a good mouser.
- gryphon — a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
- leo — (Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci) 1810–1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878–1903.
- griffin — a city in W Georgia.
- cheetah — A cheetah is a wild animal that looks like a large cat with black spots on its body. Cheetahs can run very fast.
- grimalkin — a cat.
- bobcat — A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America.
- lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ocelot — a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- feline — belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.
- lioness — a female lion.
- civet — any catlike viverrine mammal of the genus Viverra and related genera, of Africa and S Asia, typically having blotched or spotted fur and secreting a powerfully smelling fluid from anal glands
- cat — A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets.
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- malkin — an untidy woman; slattern.
- jaguar — a large spotted feline, Panthera onca, of tropical America, having a tawny coat with black rosettes: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.