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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

Small puma populations have been isolated by the freeway, and their offspring were showing signs of birth defects.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

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

The National Wildlife Federation is also partnering with the Friends of Griffith Park to create a memorial at the park honoring the puma.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 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