bobcat

English

A wild bobcat. (1)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒbkæt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbkæt/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

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

Synonyms

(Lynx rufus):

• red lynx (rare)

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 lýgkas)

• Hungarian: vörös hiúz (hu)
• Italian: lince rossa
• Japanese: ボブキャット (ja) (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, 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