Dictionary Workbench Ondict

mountain lion

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

mountain lion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Animals
ˈmountain ˌlion noun [countable]  HBAa cougar 美洲狮5 see picture at 见图 big cat
Examples from the Corpus
mountain lionThe likelihood of being killed by a mountain lion is still minimal.Another woman was killed by a mountain lion in 1994.One of my first memories was when he shot a mountain lion and he let me shoot it too.California has not allowed mountain lion hunting for nearly 25 years.Voters made it a permanent ban in 1990 with the passage of Prop. 117, the so-called mountain lion initiative.
ˈmountain ˌlion nounChineseSyllable
cougar a Corpus


mountain lion
ˈmountain ˌlion noun [countable]
a cougar


mountain lionBrE /ˈmaʊntən laɪən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmaʊntn laɪən/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) = puma