bobcat

English

A wild bobcat.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒb.kæt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔb.kæt/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

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

   Synonym: (rare) red lynx

   • 2023 March 27, Helen Lewis, “How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: […] A father from East Orlando punched a bobcat in the face for attacking his daughter’s dog.

Derived terms

• ocebob

Translations

North American wild cat

• Abenaki: bezo
• Adyghe: чэтыушыумыш (čɛtəwušəwuməš)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní

• Arabic: وَشَق أَحْمَر (wašaq ʔaḥmar)
• Armenian: կարմիր լուսան (karmir lusan)
• Avar: багӏараб цӏиркъ (baʻarab cʼirqxʼ)
• Azerbaijani: kürən vaşaq
• Basque: katamotz gorri
• Belarusian: рудая рысь (rudaja rysʹ)
• Breton: liñs rous
• Bulgarian: американски рис m (amerikanski ris)
• Cahuilla: túkut
• Catalan: linx roig m
• Central Sierra Miwok: tolom·maˀah
• Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe), ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎮ (amelige gvhe)
• Cheyenne: mohkave
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短尾貓／短尾猫 (duǎn wěimāo)

• Czech: rys červený m
• Danish: rødlos (da) c
• Dutch: rode lynx (nl) m
• Eastern Mari: йошкар шурмаҥше (joškar šurmaŋše)
• Esperanto: rufa linko
• Estonian: punailves
• Finnish: punailves, amerikanilves
• French: lynx roux (fr) m
• Gabrielino-Fernandeño: tukuut
• German: Rotluchs (de) m
• Greek: ερυθρός λύγκας m (erythrós lýgkas)
• Hebrew: שונר מצוי
• Hindi: बॉबकैट (bŏbkaiṭ)
• Hungarian: vörös hiúz (hu)
• Ido: bruna linco
• Irish: bobchat m
• Italian: lince rossa f
• Japanese: ボブキャット (ja) (bobukyatto)
• Korean: 붉은스라소니 (bulgeunseurasoni), 보브캣 (bobeukaet)
• Lak: ятӏулсса цӏиникь (aˤtʼuls:a cʼiniqʼ)
• Latvian: rūsganais lūsis
• Lithuanian: rudoji lūšis
• Lutshootseed: p̓əč̓əb
• Malayalam: ബോബ്ക്യാറ്റ് (bōbkyāṟṟŭ)
• Nahuatl: ocotōchtli (nah)
• Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí, náshdóíłbáí
• Northern Paiute: tuhuˀu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rødgaupe m or f

  Nynorsk: raudgaupe

• Persian: گربه دم‌کوتاه
• Polish: ryś rudy (pl) m
• Portuguese: lince-vermelho m
• Quechua: ruka linsi
• Romanian: râs roșu m, linx roșu m
• Russian: ры́жая рысь f (rýžaja rysʹ), красная рысь f (krasnaja rysʹ)
• Slovak: rys červený m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: čerwjeny rys

• Spanish: lince rojo m
• Swedish: rödlo c
• Tamil: பாப் பூனை (pāp pūṉai)
• Thai: บอบแคต (th) (bòbkâet)
• Turkish: doru vaşak
• Udmurt: кельыт балян (keľyt baľan), горд балян (gord baľan)
• Ukrainian: рись руда f (rysʹ ruda), бобкет (bobket)
• Unami: chinkwe
• Vietnamese: linh miêu đuôi cộc
• Welsh: bobgath
• West Frisian: reade lynks
• Western Panjabi: باب بلا (pnb)

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

1. A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.

Synonyms

• skidsteer

 

See also

• backhoe
• backhoe loader
• front-end loader

 

• JCB