bobcat

bobcat

English

A wild bobcat.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒb.kæt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔb.kæt/

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Etymology 1

From bob (short hair; with reference to its tail) +‎ cat.

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

1. A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Synonyms

(Lynx rufus):

• red lynx (rare)

Translations

North American wild cat

Abenaki: bezo Adyghe: чэтыушыумыш (četəwušəwuməš) Apache: Western Apache: gídí dziłkáʼyú gólííní Arabic: وَشَق أَحْمَر‎ (wašaq ʾaḥmar) Armenian: կարմիր լուսան (karmir lusan) Avar: багӏараб цӏиркъ (baʻarab cʼirqxʼ) Azerbaijani: kürən vaşaq Basque: katamotz gorri Belarusian: рудая рысь (rudaja rysʹ) Breton: liñs rous Bulgarian: американски рис m (amerikanski ris) Cahuilla: túkut Catalan: linx roig m Central Sierra Miwok: tolom·maˀah Cherokee: ᎬᎮ (gvhe), ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎮ (amelige gvhe) Cheyenne: mohkave Chinese: Mandarin: 短尾貓／短尾猫 (duǎn wěimāo) Czech: rys červený m Danish: rødlos (da) c Dutch: rode lynx (nl) m Eastern Mari: йошкар шурмаҥше (joškar šurmaṅše) Esperanto: rufa linko Estonian: punailves Finnish: punailves, töpöhäntäkissa French: lynx roux (fr) m Gabrielino-Fernandeño: tukuut German: Rotluchs (de) m Greek: ερυθρός λύγκας m (erythrós lýgkas) Hebrew: שונר מצוי‎ Hindi: बॉबकैट (bŏbkaiṭ) Hungarian: vörös hiúz (hu) Ido: bruna linco Irish: bobchat m Italian: lince rossa f Japanese: ボブキャット (ja) (bobukyatto) Korean: 붉은스라소니 (bulgeunseurasoni), 보브캣 (bobeukaet) Lak: ятӏулсса цӏиникь (aˤtʼuls:a cʼiniqʼ) Latvian: rūsganais lūsis Lithuanian: rudoji lūšis Lutshootseed: p'əč'əb Malayalam: ബോബ്ക്യാറ്റ് (bōbkyāṟṟŭ) Nahuatl: ocotōchtli (nah) Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí, náshdóíłbáí Northern Paiute: tuhuˀu Norwegian: Bokmål: rødgaupe m or f Nynorsk: raudgaupe Persian: گربه دم‌کوتاه‎ Polish: ryś rudy (pl) m Portuguese: lince-vermelho m Quechua: ruka linsi Romanian: râs roșu m, linx roșu m Russian: ры́жая рысь f (rýžaja rysʹ), красная рысь f (krasnaja rysʹ) Slovak: rys červený m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: čerwjeny rys Spanish: lince rojo m Swedish: rödlo c Tamil: பாப் பூனை (pāp pūṉai) Thai: บอบแคต (th) (bòbkâet) Turkish: doru vaşak Udmurt: кельыт балян (kelʹyt baljan), горд балян (gord baljan) Ukrainian: рись руда f (rysʹ ruda), бобкет (bobket) Unami: chinkwe Vietnamese: linh miêu đuôi cộc Welsh: bobgath West Frisian: reade lynks Western Panjabi: باب بلا‎ (pnb)

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

1. A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin.

See also

• backhoe
• backhoe loader
• front-end loader
• JCB