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: a common North American lynx (Lynx rufus) reddish in base color with dark markings
—used for a small 4-wheeled or tracklaying work vehicle (as for excavating or for lifting and moving loads)
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Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Krause recalls the sounds of the resident foxes, birds, bobcats, and even a mountain lion that made their presence known and that signalled to the local human listeners the changing of the seasons.
—The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
So, too, have wild California bobcats and mountain lions.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The team was surprised to learn that the bones came from a variety of smaller animals, such as rabbits, bobcats, red foxes, mountain lions, lynx and the now-extinct American cheetah.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The desert’s nocturnal residents—including bobcats, ringtails, and even the rare ocelot—emerge under the cover of darkness.
—Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Krause recalls the sounds of the resident foxes, birds, bobcats, and even a mountain lion that made their presence known and that signalled to the local human listeners the changing of the seasons.
—The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
So, too, have wild California bobcats and mountain lions.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The team was surprised to learn that the bones came from a variety of smaller animals, such as rabbits, bobcats, red foxes, mountain lions, lynx and the now-extinct American cheetah.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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bobcat
noun
bob·cat
ˈbäb-ˌkat 
: a common usually rusty-colored North American lynx with dark spots
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