Puma
See also: puma, pumă, and púma
Translingual
Puma concolor (mountain lion)
Puma yagouaroundi (jaguarundi)
Etymology
From Quechua puma.
Proper noun
Puma f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the mountain lion and the jaguarundi.
Hypernyms
- (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Felinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Puma concolor, Puma yagouaroundi (species)
References
Puma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Puma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Puma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Puma in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Puma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Puma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Puma at Paleology Database
English
Proper noun
Puma
- A village in the Solomon Islands.
- An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
- A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
Noun
Puma (plural Pumas)
- An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
- Joe Fortune shook his head, swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, and put on his Pumas.
Anagrams
- paum, upma
German
Etymology
18th century, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːma/
Audio (file)
Noun
Puma m (strong, genitive Pumas, plural Pumas)
- cougar, puma
- Synonyms: Berglöwe, Silberlöwe, (very rare) Kuguar
Declension
Declension of Puma [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Puma | die | Pumas |
| genitive | eines | des | Pumas | der | Pumas |
| dative | einem | dem | Puma | den | Pumas |
| accusative | einen | den | Puma | die | Pumas |
Further reading
- “Puma” in Duden online
- “Puma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache