From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmountain lionˈmountain ˌlion noun [countable] HBAa cougar
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mountain lion• The 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. 