leão-americano

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /leˌɐ̃w̃.a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /leˌɐ̃w̃.a.me.ɾiˈkɐ.no/
 

Noun

leão-americano m (plural leões-americanos)

  1. American lion (Panthera leo, an extinct lion endemic to the Americas)
  2. American lion; cougar; mountain lion
    Synonyms: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha, puma

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