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单词 caracal
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
car•a•cal  (karə kal′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Zoology, Mammalsa slender, catlike mammal, Lynx caracal, with a reddish-brown coat and long tufted ears, inhabiting northern Africa and India.
  2. Zoology, Textilesthe fur of this animal.
  • French, apparently Buffon's adaption of Turkish karakulak lynx (kara black + kulak ear)
  • 1750–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
caracal /ˈkærəˌkæl/ n
  1. Also called: desert lynx a lynxlike feline mammal, Lynx caracal, inhabiting deserts of N Africa and S Asia, having long legs, a smooth coat of reddish fur, and black-tufted ears
  2. the fur of this animal
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Turkish kara kūlāk, literally: black ear
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