bobcat

English

A wild bobcat. (1)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒbkæt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbkæt/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Synonyms

(Lynx rufus):

red lynx (rare)

Translations

North American wild cat

Abenaki: bezo
Adyghe: чэтыушыумыш (čătəwšəwməš)
Arabic: وشق أحمر‎‎
Armenian: կարմիր լուսան (karmir lusan)
Avar: багӀараб цӀиркъ (baʿarab c̣irq̇̄)
Azerbaijani: kürən vaşaq
Basque: katamotz gorri
Belarusian: pудая рысь (pudaja rysʹ)
Breton: liñs rous
Bulgarian: американски рис m (amerikanski ris)
Cahuilla: túkut
Catalan: linx roig m
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 m
Eastern Mari: йошкар шурмаҥше (joškar šurmaŋše)
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
Italian: lince rossa f
Japanese: ボブキャット (ja) (bobukyatto)

Korean: 붉은스라소니 (bulgeunseurasoni), 보브캣 (bobeukaet)
Lak: ятӀулсса цӀиникь (jaṭuls̄a c̣iniq̇)
Latvian: rūsganais lūsis
Lithuanian: rudoji lūšis
Malayalam: ബോബ്ക്യാറ്റ് (bōbkyāṟṟŭ)
Nahuatl: ocotōchtli (nah)
Navajo: náshdóí łibáhígíí, náshdóíłbáí
Northern Paiute: tuhuˀu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rødgaupe m f

Nynorsk: raudgaupe
Persian: گربه دم‌کوتاه‎‎
Polish: ryś rudy m
Portuguese: lince-vermelho m
Quechua: ruka linsi
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: pись руда f (pysʹ ruda), бобкет (bobket)
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)

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

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