Puma

From Quechua puma.

Puma f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the mountain lion and the jaguarundi.

• (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

• (genus): Puma concolor, Puma yagouaroundi (species)

• 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 Paleobiology Database

Puma

1. A village in the Solomon Islands.
2. An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
3. A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.

A pair of Puma lifestyle shoes

See puma; the name was chosen to highlight ideas of strength, agility, and grace often associated with the large cat.[1]

Puma (plural Pumas)

1. An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
   • 1989, Daniel Lynch, chapter 5, in Bad Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Windsor Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 42:

     Joe Fortune shook his head, swung his legs over the edge of the bunk, and put on his Pumas.

• Puma (brand) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• paum, upma

18th century, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːma/

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Puma m (strong, genitive Pumas, plural Pumas)

1. cougar, puma

   Synonyms: Berglöwe, Silberlöwe, (very rare) Kuguar

• “Puma” in Duden online
• “Puma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache