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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A popular name for the bay lynx, Lynx rufus, and its various subspecies, all of which have short tails.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a multi-purpose construction vehicle that is a akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin
  2. n. A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. small lynx (Lynx rufus) of North America.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. small lynx of North America

Etymologies

  1. Genericization of the trademark Bobcat (Wiktionary)
  2. bob(tail) + cat. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Yes | No | Report from bennett2009 wrote 1 year 3 days ago the power of the bobcat is amazing it just took down a mule deer that was 3 or 4 times it's size and the mule deer didn't even have a fighting chance”

    Bobcat Takes Down Mule Deer

  • “As a scientific classification, a "bobcat" is a species of the "lynx" genus.”

    Bobcat Takes Down Mule Deer

  • “Obviously people can't tell a bobcat from a lynx because that's definitely a bobcat.”

    Bobcat Takes Down Mule Deer

  • “I peeked around the large white pine i was leaning against and a bobcat was about 7 feet away mid-step.”

    Hello Kitty: Bobcat Takes Down Deer

  • “My friend Bernie says Dick and Rummy's big plan to take over the world by waging continuous war is kinda like baptizing a bobcat -- ain't gonna happen.”

    Bobcats in Brave, New World

  • “Whichever one they picked up first was always called the bobcat, based upon the short tail and tufted ears.”

    grouse Diary Entry

  • “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

  • “May the bobcat is the resident star of Reed Bingham State Park in South Georgia.”

    ajc.com - News

  • “Worm-Eating Warbler, and roaming mammals such as bobcat and river otter.”

    The Nature Conservancy

  • “The large truck holding the crane toppled onto its side in the street while trying to lift a smaller "bobcat" style piece of equipment into the condominium construction site.”

    Thestar.com - Home Page

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. bay lynx

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. lynx
  1. catamount

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  2. cougar
  3. wild-cat
  4. lynx
  1. puma
  2. catamount
  3. possum
  4. ork
  1. racoon
  2. hyaena
  3. jaguar
  4. field-mouse
  1. beanstalk
  2. opossum
  3. muskrat
  4. coyote
  1. lioness
  2. porcupine
  3. onca
  4. panther
  1. badger
  2. b'ar
  3. sea otter

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  1. bay lynx
  1. wildcat

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