bobcat

English

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A wild bobcat. (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒbkæt/

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Etymology 1

From bob ‎(the haircut; with reference to its short tail) +‎ cat.

Noun

bobcat ‎(plural bobcats)

1. A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Translations

North American wild cat.

• Bulgarian: американски рис m ‎(amerikanski ris)
• Catalan: linx roig m
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ ‎(gvhe), ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎮ ‎(amelige gvhe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短尾貓, 短尾猫 ‎(duǎn wěimāo)

• Esperanto: rufa linko
• Finnish: punailves, töpöhäntäkissa
• French: lynx roux (fr) m
• German: Rotluchs (de) m
• Greek: ερυθρός λύγκας m ‎(erythrós lýnkas)
• Hungarian: vörös hiúz (hu)

• Italian: lince rossa
• Japanese: ボブキャット ‎(bobukyatto)
• Korean: 붉은스라소니 ‎(bulgeunseurasoni), 보브캣 ‎(bobeukaet)
• Nahuatl: ocotōchtli (nah)
• Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí, náshdóíłbáí
• Portuguese: lince-vermelho m
• Russian: рыжая рысь f ‎(rýžaja rys')
• Spanish: lince rojo
• Swedish: rödlo c

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

Noun

bobcat ‎(plural bobcats)

1. 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

See also

• backhoe
• backhoe loader
• front-end loader
• JCB