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View definitions for mountain lion

mountain lion

noun as in cougar

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in puma

Weak match

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An Orange County park was temporarily shut down Tuesday after two people reported mountain lion sightings the day before.

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Two mountain lions that were orphaned as cubs have been released back into the San Diego County wilderness.

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A 3-year-old mountain lion, the mother of two cubs, was struck and killed by a vehicle on State Route 74 in Orange County, according to the UC Davis California Carnivores Program.

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I live in the foothills where bear, bobcat and mountain lion sightings break up the tedium of coyote and raccoon encounters.

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When Bennet Tarlow, an influential Orange County developer, is found eviscerated by a mountain lion in Caspers Wilderness Park, homicide detective Lew Gale — a former Marine sniper — is sent to track and kill the predator.

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