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# puma

«puma» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large wild cat of North and South America with a plain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a puma, pumas)

### meaning for a pupil

A puma is a large wild cat of North and South America with a plain sandy-brown coat and a long tail. It is also called a cougar or mountain lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons the puma is a predator and a carnivore; it hunts deer and lives in mountains, forests and deserts from Canada to the tip of South America. It cannot roar but can purr, hiss and scream. In stories it is a silent, powerful hunter. Puma is also the name of a sports clothing company.

### examples

- A puma can leap high into a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x1)
- The puma stalked a deer through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x2)
- Pumas live alone except for mothers with cubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x3)
- Puma, cougar and mountain lion are three names for the same cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x4)
- Puma cubs are born with spots that fade as they grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x5)
- Hikers in Canada were warned about a puma nearby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x6)
- But the puma easily saw through these excuses, and laughed at him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/#x7)

### note

Countable: one puma, two pumas. The same animal has several names: puma, cougar, mountain lion, panther (in Florida). Pumas are not big cats in the scientific sense because they cannot roar. Do not confuse with the jaguar, which has spots.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «puma» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puma/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.