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BOBCAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bobcat mean?
• BOBCAT (noun)
The noun BOBCAT has 1 sense:
1. small lynx of North America
Familiarity information: BOBCAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small lynx of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bay lynx; bobcat; Lynx rufus
Hypernyms ("bobcat" is a kind of...):
catamount; lynx (short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur)
Context examples
The fossil gives paleontologists a glimpse of hyaenodont anatomy before modern carnivores invaded the continent, revealing that Pakakali was about the size of a bobcat.
(Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore, National Science Foundation)
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