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Definition: Bobcat |
BobcatNoun1. Small lynx of North America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Bobcat may be used in various contexts:
- as a mammal
- as an automobile
- or as a type of equipment
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Bobcat is a line of farm and construction equipment. Since 1995 the brand has been owned by the Ingersoll-Rand Company. The company sells skid loader s, compact excavators, compact utility vehicles and other small hydraulic equipment under the Bobcat brand name.The name originally referred only to skid loaders produced by Melroe Manufacturing Company which had acquired the design from it's inventors. Often bobcat is used as a generic term for a skid loader.
External Link
- [Bobcat]
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Bobcat Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Lynx Species: rufus Binomial name Lynx rufus The Bobcat (Lynx rufus, or Felis rufus) is a wild cat indigenous to North America.
The Bobcat is so named for its short or "bobbed" tail. It stands approximately 25-30 cm (10-12 inches) high at the shoulder and is brownish grey in color. The male Bobcat typically weighs from 11-16 kg (24-35 lb) and its habitat is most of western and southeastern United States and Mexico. There are few Bobcats in Canada, which is the primary habitat of the related Canada Lynx.
A Bobcat in an urban surroundingBobcats are carnivores that typically hunt wild rabbits, hares, and rodents, but will also attempt to hunt the larger deer in winter months when other food is scarce.
Subspecies
- Lynx rufus rufus, northeastern USA
- Lynx rufus baileyi, southwestern USA
- Lynx rufus californicus, California, Nevada
- Lynx rufus escuinapae, central Mexico
- Lynx rufus fascinatus, British Columbia
- Lynx rufus floridianus, southeastern USA
- Lynx rufus gigas, Maine
- Lynx rufus pallescens, Rocky Mountains
- Lynx rufus peninsularis, Baja California
- Lynx rufus superiorensis, northwestern and central USA
- Lynx rufus texensis, northern Mexico, Texas
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Synonym: BobcatSynonym: bay lynx (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned (Colors of the wind; performing artist: Vanessa Williams) Ow! Bobcat! (I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Big Bad Bobcat (1968) Calling Bobcat (2000) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Bobcat looking off screen to left of photographer. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Bobcat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bobcat" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bobcat | 2,059 | bobcat sound | 29 |
bobcat charlotte | 1,422 | bobcat dealer | 29 |
animal bobcat | 112 | bobcat nba | 28 |
bobcat picture | 106 | bobcat toy | 28 |
used bobcat | 91 | bobcat lawn mower | 27 |
bobcat charlotte logo | 88 | bobcat skidsteer | 26 |
bobcat goldthwait | 85 | bobcat trailer | 25 |
bobcat equipment | 76 | bobcat charlotte nba | 23 |
bobcat rental | 74 | bobcat logo | 23 |
bobcat mowers | 68 | bobcat pet | 22 |
bobcat company | 62 | bobcat lawn mowers | 22 |
bobcat skid steer | 45 | melroe bobcat | 22 |
bobcat for sale | 41 | bobcat ransomes | 21 |
bobcat carolina | 40 | bobcat lynx | 21 |
bobcat loader | 39 | bobcat charlotte uniform | 20 |
bobcat tractor | 39 | baby bobcat | 20 |
bobcat attachment | 36 | bobcat mower | 20 |
bobcat part | 36 | bobcat clipart | 20 |
bobcat charlotte jersey | 34 | bobcat skid loader | 19 |
bobcat photo | 33 | bobcat kitten | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bobcat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrëqebull (lynx, mountain), ris (catamount). (various references) | |
Arabic | الببكت. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | американски рис. (various references) | |
Danish | underart af roedlos (Mexican bobcat). (various references) | |
Dutch | rode lynx (Mexican bobcat), rode los (Mexican bobcat). (various references) | |
French | lynx. (various references) | |
German | luchs (lynx). (various references) | |
Greek | λύγξ (lynx), αγριόγατοσ (catamount, wild cat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חתול "בר (tomcat, wildcat), חול"" (polecat, rat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kis észak-amerikai hiúz. (various references) | |
Italian | lince rossa. (various references) | |
Papago | gewho. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obcatbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lince (lynx, ounce). (various references) | |
Russian | рысь рыжая, рысь (lynx, trot). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ris (lynx), divlja mačka (tiger cat, wildcat). (various references) | |
Spanish | lince (caracal, lynx), gato montés (wildcat). (various references) | |
Swedish | vildkatt (catamount, wildcat). (various references) | |
Thai | แมวป่าแถบอเมริกาเหนือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | vaşak (lynx, wildcat). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | руда рись. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Felis rufa escuinapae, Lynx rufus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bobcat": bobcats. (additional references) | |
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"Bobcat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babacar, babcia, Bbci, bbcish, Bibata, Bichat, boba, Bobak, Bobath, Bobgan, bobka, Bobzao, bocart, Bocba, Boscart, Boucot, bucata, bucato. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bobcat" (pronounced bÄ"bka't) |
| 3 | -k a' t | copycat, polecat, pussycat, tomcat, wildcat. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-o-t" | |
-1 letter: abbot, cabob. | |
-2 letters: boat, bota, coat, cobb, taco. | |
-3 letters: abo, act, bat, boa, bob, bot, cab, cat, cob, cot, oat, oca, tab, tao. | |
-4 letters: ab, at, ba, bo, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-o-t" | |
+1 letter: abbotcy, bobcats. | |
+3 letters: abbotcies, bombastic, bootblack. | |
+4 letters: bootblacks, jaboticaba. | |
+5 letters: bibliotheca, bicarbonate, jaboticabas. | |
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