cougar cub

Baby mountain lion

A cougar cub is the young offspring of a cougar, the large wild cat native to the Americas.

In slang, the term plays on cougar—an older woman who pursues younger men—to describe her young male partner: She showed up at the party with her latest cougar cub.

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den · young · wild · wild animal · feline · tawny · playful · prowl · whiskers · paws · sharp claws · predator · mother · nursing · spotted · fur · fur coat · wilderness

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Opposites
capability/self-sufficiency

cougar cubapex predator

Unpreyed-upon dominant hunter

solitary hunter · alpha predator

Family

cougar, cub, cougars, cubs, cubbing

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G