caracal

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His road-toughened companions, a fox and caracal, didn't look like pushovers themselves.

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  1. noun A wildcat (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal) of Africa and southern Asia having short fawn-colored fur and long tufted ears.

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  1. French, from Ottoman Turkish qaraqūlāq : qara, black + qūlāq, ear.

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  1. from French caracal, said to be from Turkish qara qulaq: qara, black; qulaq, ear.
 

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/ˈkærəkæl/
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