cat-a-mountain

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

catamountain \cat"a*moun`tain\, cat-a-mountain
\cat"-a-moun`tain\n.
   1. the bushy-tailed European wildcat ({Felis silvestris})
      resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor
      of the domestic cat.

   Syn: European wildcat, {Felis silvestris}.
        [WordNet 1.5]