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

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

  Western Apache: gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní

• Arabic: وَشَق أَحْمَر‎ (wašaq ʾaḥmar)
• Armenian: կարմիր լուսան (karmir lusan)
• Avar: багӀараб цӀиркъ (baʿarab c̣irq̇̄)
• 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 m
• Eastern Mari: йошкар шурмаҥше (joškar šurmaṅše)
• Esperanto: rufa linko
• Estonian: punailves
• Finnish: punailves, töpöhäntäkissa
• 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
• 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
• 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 (kelʹyt baljan), горд балян (gord baljan)
• 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

See also

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