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bobcat N. Amer.
[bob n.1 5, in allusion to the short tail.]
The bay lynx, Lynx rufus, a small North American lynx with a spotted reddish-brown coat. Also transf.
1888T. Roosevelt in Century Mag. Mar. 656 We also keep hens, which, in spite of the damaging inroads of hawks, bob⁓cats, and foxes, supply us with eggs. 1906Springfield Weekly Republ. 20 June 2 The creation of this new commonwealth on virgin soil, where for centuries the wolves, bob-cats and Indians had leisurely roamed. 1911O. Wister Members of Family vii. 250, I came for a box of matches, y'u bawlin' bobcat. |