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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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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
An Indiana law passed in 2024 requires rules be established for bobcat trapping by this July.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Wildlife watchers can spot bobcats, foxes, otters, alligators, turtles and manatees, with more than 150 bird species flying among mangrove, cypress, palmetto and pine trees.
—Ruffin Prevost, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Pythons the size of Loki routinely eat bobcats (Bartoszek often finds bobcat remains in snakes’ digestive tracts during necropsies), and the Conservancy has documented a 15-foot snake swallowing a 77-pound deer, an animal three times the size of a bobcat.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Homeowners who enjoy attracting animals to their property are aware of the value of providing ground-level water sources that are popular during the day with birds and bring in night visitors like raccoons, opossums, coyotes and bobcats.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
An Indiana law passed in 2024 requires rules be established for bobcat trapping by this July.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Wildlife watchers can spot bobcats, foxes, otters, alligators, turtles and manatees, with more than 150 bird species flying among mangrove, cypress, palmetto and pine trees.
—Ruffin Prevost, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Pythons the size of Loki routinely eat bobcats (Bartoszek often finds bobcat remains in snakes’ digestive tracts during necropsies), and the Conservancy has documented a 15-foot snake swallowing a 77-pound deer, an animal three times the size of a bobcat.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 4 Aug. 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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