BOBCAT Definition & Meaning

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bobcat

[ bob-kat ]

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noun

plural bobcats, (especially collectively) bobcat.

a North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico, having a brownish coat with black spots.

bobcat

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noun

a North American feline mammal, Lynx rufus , closely related to but smaller than the lynx, having reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes, tufted ears, and a short tail Also calledbay lynx

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bobcat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; bob(tail) + cat ( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bobcat¹

C19: from bob ² (referring to its short tail) + cat ¹

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I’ve encountered a bobcat here and there, packs of coyotes and deer, but that was the first bear.

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Renamed Wind Wolves, it is now the largest privately owned nature preserve on the West Coast, where endangered kit foxes and leopard lizards thrive along with elk, blacktail deer, great horned owls and bobcats.

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A bobcat, coyotes and bears also visited the land, he said.

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The sanctuary said it had lost five African serval cats, four bobcats, two Canada lynx and a Bengal tiger, among others.

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So, too, have wild California bobcats and mountain lions.

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