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bobcat

[bob-kat] / ˈbɒbˌkæt /


NOUN
lynx
Synonyms
NOUN
wildcat
Synonyms


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

From Slate Nov. 14, 2024

Things get weirder and more delightful with a bobcat and bear band, where instruments are fashioned out of logs and vegetation, and later some Afro-Cuban frogs jamming out with acorns.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2024

Initially skeptical -- bobcats are rarely spotted during the day out in the open -- Duffy eventually went to check and there they were: six clear bobcat prints in the sandy soil.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

Wounded animals are notoriously vicious, so it was with great risk that a sheriff’s deputy in Florida picked up an injured bobcat and put it in his patrol car.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2024

I know Mami wouldn’t want me outside at this hour, and Abuela would say I could get attacked by a stray Florida bobcat.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

With fewer coyotes and bobcats present, foxes appeared to benefit.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 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

The sanctuary said it had lost five African serval cats, four bobcats, two Canada lynx and a Bengal tiger, among others.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

They also serve as an important food source for large predators like bobcats in the Southeast.

From Salon Nov. 28, 2024

I jog along, watching for bobcats and beaver—even black bear.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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