a large, tawny cat,Felis concolor,of North and South America. Also calledmountain lion,panther,puma. [1765–75; < Frenchcouguar(Buffon) < New Latincuguacuara,appar. a misrepresentation of Guaraniguaçuara] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Cop...
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(1816); Jamieson's 1825 "Supplement" to his Scottish dictionary defines it specifically as "A cant term for Highland whisky that has paid no duty."Mountain-climberis recorded from 1839;mountain-climbingfrom 1836.Mountain laurelis from 1754;mountain-lion"puma" is from 1849, American English; ...
Purple Flower Clump Purple something or others that my neighbor planted. (Lets go with that as the official name). From the fake Latin, Clump-e-us-purple-us. Meaning, "this stuff grows in a big clump of purple." Red-ish Tree Flower Glenn Woods Red-ish Tree Flower That's red-ish, ...
The word domino comes from the Latin dominus, meaning lord or master. It has also been used in other languages, including French, Spanish, and German, and is sometimes spelled Dominos. Originally, the game was played with a special type of clay tile that had an image or symbol on it. ...
Yet the Francophone region takes the lion’s share of the national budget intended for building roads, hospitals, schools and other social amenities.This state of affairs has been described by some critics as jungle justice. We are where we are today in Cameroon, saddled with an Elephant in ...
Indeed, the new political dispensation allowed the country to take advantage of the great heritage of French (a beautiful language of Latin origin spoken by more than 400 million people worldwide, full of refinement, enriched and defended since 1539 by generations of writers and scholars, and pre...
I try to keep things simple, not always easy, but wine helps & I try to have as much fun as I can. LABEL The Sea Mountain crest depicts the outline of Table Mountain & on each side is a picture of the Devil & a Cape Lion. A metaphor for Devils Peak and Lions Head, the two ...
Northern Hemisphere. Lion’s mane typically thrives on dead or dying hardwoods and nowadays is commonly cultivated. Also referred to as a bearded mushroom, lion’s mane grows as a clump of white, cascading, tooth-like spines. Both the genus and species name translate from Latin as “hedgehog...
the English-speaking part of the country. Yet the Francophone region takes the lion’s share of the national budget intended for building roads, hospitals, schools and other social amenities.This state of affairs has been described by some critics as jungle justice. We are where we are today ...