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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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Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
That goes for deer, fox, bobcat, bears and other animals.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Further, while rural turkeys contend with predators like coyotes and bobcats, their city cousins rarely have to worry about these threats.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Instead, the needles were created from the bones of red foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, lynx, the now-extinct American cheetah, and hares or rabbits, the study found.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
That goes for deer, fox, bobcat, bears and other animals.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Further, while rural turkeys contend with predators like coyotes and bobcats, their city cousins rarely have to worry about these threats.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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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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