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bobcat

[bob-kat] / ˈbɒbˌkæt /


NOUN
lynx
Synonyms
NOUN
wildcat
Synonyms


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“We saw a bobcat in our backyard. The ravens are amazing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

His security cameras once captured a bobcat walking past a feral cat on his property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

OK, yes, maybe you still have questions about the bobcat pee thing.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2024

If you saw a red-tailed hawk injured after colliding with an office window, or a bobcat hit by a car, what would you do?

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

I regret that I never saw a bear or wolf or followed the padding retreat of a giant hellbender salamander, never shooed away a bobcat or sidestepped a rattlesnake, never flushed a startled boar.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

But Gargano says the neighbourhood is peaceful and her cameras mostly capture coyotes and bobcats.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

In the Vermont woods where Mr. Hoagland lives, coyotes have replaced wolves while bobcats have taken the place of Canada lynx.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

When it’s completed, the crossing will help animals such as mountain lions, deer and bobcats pass safely over the freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

So, too, have wild California bobcats and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

The city sprawls across seventy-eight square miles, stretching from the shallow, salty estuary at the edge of San Francisco Bay to the undulating green-and-gold hills where bobcats and coyotes roam.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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