bobcat
pronunciation
How to pronounce bobcat in British English:
UK [ˈbɒbkæt]
How to pronounce bobcat in American English:
US [ˈbɑbkæt]
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- Noun:
- small lynx of North America
Word Origin
- bobcat (n.)
- North American lynx, 1873, in a Maine context; so called for its short tail; see bob (n.2) + cat (n.).
Example
- 1. He once tried to fight a bobcat for some licorice .
- 2. Any of various wild felines of small to medium size , especially of the genus lynx , including the bobcat and the caracal .
- 3. U.s. army soldiers from the 27th infantry regiment pull a bobcat tractor out of the mud at their mountaintop position at observation post mustang in kunar province , afghanistan .
- 4. Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned ?
- 5. Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned .