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puma

[pyoo-muh, poo-] / ˈpyu mə, ˈpu- /


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When the research team applied population models to the data, the results showed that puma predation alone was unlikely to drive the Monte Leon penguin colony to extinction.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

The female puma - later nicknamed Felicity - was caught by a farmer frustrated by a series of savage attacks on livestock.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

Would he stay and become the successor to celebrity puma P-22, who reigned over the green space in the heart of Los Angeles for a decade?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

To date, at least 46 lions have died from car crashes, and the puma found dead on the 405 was the second to perish on a freeway in the region in a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

But the Song of the Family had become as fierce and sharp and feline as the snarl of a female puma.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck