catamount

The mountain lion is known by more than 40 different common names, including puma, cougar, panther, red tiger, catamount and screamer, according to the state agency.

Throughout the story, beetles tunnel through the woodwork; blight fells the trees; a catamount, referenced in rumor or song, stalks the patch.

To that end, the ghost-story elements that recur throughout the novel, like that mysterious and unseen catamount, are both engrossing reading and thematically fitting.

Berkshire East and Catamount ski areas in Western Massachusetts received nearly three feet of snow but were unable to open on March 14 and 15 because of power outages caused by the storm.

Berkshire East and Catamount ski areas in Western Massachusetts received nearly three feet of snow but were unable to open on March 14 and 15 because of power outages caused by the storm.