bobcat

English

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A wild bobcat (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒbkæt/

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Etymology 1

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

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

Translations

a North American wild cat, Lynx rufus

• Bulgarian: американски рис m (amerikanski ris)
• Catalan: linx roig m
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe), ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎮ (amelige gvhe)
• Esperanto: rufa linko
• Finnish: punailves, töpöhäntäkissa
• French: lynx roux (fr) m
• German: Rotluchs (de) m

• Hungarian: vörös hiúz (hu)
• Italian: lince rossa
• Japanese: ボブキャット (bobukyatto)
• Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí, náshdóíłbáí
• Portuguese: lince-vermelho m
• Russian: рыжая рысь (rýžaja rys') f
• 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