American lion

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American lion

noun American lions

  1. dated A puma or cougar.
  2. An extinct lion of subspecies †Panthera leo atrox or species †Panthera atrox, endemic to North America and northwestern South America during the Pleistocene epoch.

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noun extinct lion endemic to the Americas

Españolleón americano
Portuguêsleão-americano

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@misc{american_lion_2026,
  title = {American lion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/american%20lion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}