bobcat

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Over the weekend, a bobcat was also stolen in neighboring Braintree, and police are now trying to determine if the two thefts are connected.

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  1. noun A wild cat (Lynx rufus) of North America, having spotted reddish-brown fur, tufted ears, and a short tail. Also called bay lynx.

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  • Skin rugs of bear, bobcat, and mountain lion were on the floor Doc seized Jud, rendered him helpless with nerve pressure, then made a circuit of the bungalow. —  006 - The Red Skull
  • The Times thoughtfully includes a convenient sidebar of audio links that play representative sounds - bobcat, common loon, elk, grizzly, Mexican gray wolf, and my favorite, an orca. —  TreoCentral
  • Over the weekend, a bobcat was also stolen in neighboring Braintree, and police are now trying to determine if the two thefts are connected. —  Chicago news, weather, traffic - CBS 2 - WBBM
  • I peeked around the corner and the bobcat was on the other side. —  Robert Lindsay
  • Some neighbors say the bobcat was a pet, which is really nothing when compared to Ming the 400-pound tiger, who was found in living in a Harlem apartment back in 2003, alongside a caiman alligator. —  Gothamist
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/ˈbɑbkæt/
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