Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Felinae — thecaracals .
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Examples
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The Pennsylvania Democrat steered $150 million in defense money to Caracal Inc., along with a $3 million grant for factory renovations.
Jack Murtha (D): INCOMPETENT Earmarker? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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But Caracal never created the jobs the congressman touted.
Jack Murtha (D): INCOMPETENT Earmarker? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Lacatus fell ill with a fever last week and was hospitalized in her home town of Caracal in southern Romania before she was moved to the main regional hospital where she died.
Victoria Lacatus Dead: Obese Mom Dies In Romania 5 Months After Giving Birth 2010
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I rewrote the ending several times, until I remembered my friends Jeff and Kelly, with their kids Tiger and Caracal.
Given Names eddvick 2007
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The caracal (Caracal caracal ssp. schmitzi) is still relatively widespread, if rarely seen except for when local farmers kill it and hang it on trees or road signs.
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Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grey wolf (Canis lupus), lynx (Lynx lynx) and caracal (Caracal caracal) are the main carnivores of interest.
Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests 2008
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The caracal (Caracal caracal) inhabits the arid hilly steppe desert and mountain terrain to which it is adapted, and wild boar (Sus scrofa) are found in wooded hills and forests.
Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests 2008
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The troops would come with Caracal [pretty big] and Gazelle [small] helicopters, drones, surveillance equipment and artillery that is better adapted to mountainous terrain, he said...
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Wild cats such as common leopard (Panthera pardus) and caracal (Caracal caracal) are found on the hills of Baluchistan, whereas the jungle cat (Felis chaus) and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) are in the northern plains.
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A rare carnivore found on the Jidda 'is the caracal lynx Caracal caracal.
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