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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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Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2024
Today, its inhabitants are animals, including mountain lions, black bears, bobcats, peregrine falcons and western rattlesnakes.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Related Articles Proposition 127 would ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in Colorado.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Moyer, Randall and Cowan planned to participate in the West Texas Big Bobcat Contest the following weekend where the first-place prize money for biggest bobcat has topped $45,000.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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The campaign to ban hunting of mountain lions and bobcats in state law through Proposition 127 has spent nearly $2.5 million, and the campaign to oppose it has dropped another $1.3 million.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2024
Today, its inhabitants are animals, including mountain lions, black bears, bobcats, peregrine falcons and western rattlesnakes.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Related Articles Proposition 127 would ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in Colorado.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Moyer, Randall and Cowan planned to participate in the West Texas Big Bobcat Contest the following weekend where the first-place prize money for biggest bobcat has topped $45,000.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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