From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpumapu‧ma /ˈpjuːmə/ noun [countable] HBAa cougar
Examples from the Corpus
puma• Puma and tabby No, Minkie the puma doesn't fancy a helping of plump tabby, they're just good friends.• Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma.• The pilot of a puma helicopter flying between the Magnus Oil platform and another platform when he saw two bombers ahead of him.• He no more spoke than a puma would.• Papas, maize, alpaca, puma, condors.Origin puma (1700-1800) Spanish Quechua