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: a common North American lynx (Lynx rufus) reddish in base color with dark markings
—used for a small 4-wheeled or tracklaying work vehicle (as for excavating or for lifting and moving loads)
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Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Sure enough, the next day, the camera recorded an adult bobcat slinking back to the site.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
Wildlife biologists in Florida documented a bobcat raiding a python nest back in 2021.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Hikers stumbled across a baby bobcat along a New Mexico trail on Mother’s Day, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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Noun
Larger predators—coyotes, bobcats, black bears, and copperhead snakes—would follow.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Sure enough, the next day, the camera recorded an adult bobcat slinking back to the site.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
Wildlife biologists in Florida documented a bobcat raiding a python nest back in 2021.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Hikers stumbled across a baby bobcat along a New Mexico trail on Mother’s Day, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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bobcat
noun
bob·cat
ˈbäb-ˌkat 
: a common usually rusty-colored North American lynx with dark spots
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