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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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Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
In April 2024, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a night hunting season for coyotes and bobcats, which is limited to private property and shotgun only with landowner permission.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
Mountain lions, deer and bobcats will be able to head over to another swath of Mother Nature’s beauty.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
After numerous previous attempts to make bobcat trapping legal again, in 2024 State Senator Scott Baldwin, R-Noblesville, introduced a bill that eventually opened the trapping season on bobcats.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 13 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
In April 2024, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a night hunting season for coyotes and bobcats, which is limited to private property and shotgun only with landowner permission.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
Mountain lions, deer and bobcats will be able to head over to another swath of Mother Nature’s beauty.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
After numerous previous attempts to make bobcat trapping legal again, in 2024 State Senator Scott Baldwin, R-Noblesville, introduced a bill that eventually opened the trapping season on bobcats.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 6 Dec. 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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