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PUMA
/ˈpumə/
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What does PUMA mean?
noun
- A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
- Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
- (slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
More meanings (4)
noun
- An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
proper noun
- A village in the Solomon Islands.
- An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
- A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpumə/
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These lions, which are really a species of puma, are bloodthirsty as well as cowardly.
I noticed then that the puma in its cage and the pile of packages had been placed outside the entrance to this quadrangle.
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In riding back in the morning we came across a very fresh track of a Puma, but did not succeed in finding it.
"It's a young puma, or a civet-cat, or something, Doctor," he said.
And they will tell you, too, that the puma was, perhaps--I only say perhaps--something like the lion, who (you know) has no spots.