Bobcat
noun
A wild cat that is small and has red-brown fur, found in North America.
We spotted a bobcat in the woods today.
Often appears as...
- spot a bobcat
- bobcat sightings
noun
A small machine used for digging and moving earth, named after the animal because of its small size and power.
We rented a bobcat to help with the heavy lifting at the construction site.
Often appears as...
- rent a bobcat
- bobcat operator
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A wild cat that is small and has red-brown fur, found in North America.
We spotted a bobcat in the woods today.
Often appears as...
- spot a bobcat
- bobcat sightings
noun
A small machine used for digging and moving earth, named after the animal because of its small size and power.
We rented a bobcat to help with the heavy lifting at the construction site.
Often appears as...
- rent a bobcat
- bobcat operator
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Mammal
Remember 'bobcat' is a type of North American wild cat, not a regular domestic cat.
A bobcat preys on small animals and birds in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Traits
Visualize a bobcat with tufted ears, short tail, and distinctive fur to avoid confusing it with other wildcats.
I recognized the bobcat by its spotted fur and short tail.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Sightings
Though elusive, bobcats are sometimes spotted by humans, adding excitement to nature encounters.
Hikers were thrilled to photograph a bobcat in the national park.
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Mammal
Remember 'bobcat' is a type of North American wild cat, not a regular domestic cat.
A bobcat preys on small animals and birds in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Traits
Visualize a bobcat with tufted ears, short tail, and distinctive fur to avoid confusing it with other wildcats.
I recognized the bobcat by its spotted fur and short tail.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Sightings
Though elusive, bobcats are sometimes spotted by humans, adding excitement to nature encounters.
Hikers were thrilled to photograph a bobcat in the national park.
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Mammal
Remember 'bobcat' is a type of North American wild cat, not a regular domestic cat.
A bobcat preys on small animals and birds in the wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Traits
Visualize a bobcat with tufted ears, short tail, and distinctive fur to avoid confusing it with other wildcats.
I recognized the bobcat by its spotted fur and short tail.
Pro Tip 3/3Rare Sightings
Though elusive, bobcats are sometimes spotted by humans, adding excitement to nature encounters.
Hikers were thrilled to photograph a bobcat in the national park.
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Video examples
National Geographic...
It was not like a trophy for this guy. Because nobody is going to find him, you know. Really, really an interesting situation. Now that's cute, a little cat. That's a bobcat. Six weeks old, it's going to grow up to be a big bobcat. Now, a lot of people raise these things.
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Crew vs. Cold - Behind...
going to work a lot of times. But we want to maximize our time out here. So we've got GoPros set up on Sue's bobcat. You never know if those are going to last very long, or if those are going to fail. And then we'll be running two other cameras watching her clear snow.
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New York -- before the...
something that a bobcat needs. But a beaver also needs things. And that having it on either side means that we can link it together, that we can create the network of the habitat relationships for these species. Moreover, we realized that you can start out
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Amelia PIPE Live Free or Die
sometimes he'll just kind of appear and like Oh Mark's here and a lot of the time it's great cuz he brings cool stuff oh my god what he said um I like it my dad and my brother loved to hunt and skin and I do too gosh have a bobcat here yeah it's really
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Bring on the Bobcats PIPE...
they could be living you know not far from housing people may never know with the help of a radio collar and triangulation JC can determine within a few yards the exact location of a bobcat I didn't see him but I know he ran right
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Gregg Treinish:...
come out and join us as well so they got to interact directly with the scientist to in the olympic national forest we set up a group of wildlife cams this is a bobcat here and he's picking out a
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Snow DNA Reveals New Way...
bobcat so we try and use track surveys and cover more of the areas that the animals actually inhabit even experts misidentified tracks when tracks melt out they're hard to identify we make
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Creatures in the Dark PIPE...
off these coyotes or whatever else could be out here we're gonna have to keep watch tomorrow night it could be a bobcat we're gonna have to be seriously careful
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Bobcat Cubs Steal Mom's...
into the mists of spring. And the shadowy bobcat emerges with an apprentice killer in tow.
Video examples
Bobcat Hunting in Winter...
and this bobcat may be in luck for this particular valley is blessed
Video examples
National Geographic...
It was not like a trophy for this guy. Because nobody is going to find him, you know. Really, really an interesting situation. Now that's cute, a little cat. That's a bobcat. Six weeks old, it's going to grow up to be a big bobcat. Now, a lot of people raise these things.
Video examples
Crew vs. Cold - Behind...
going to work a lot of times. But we want to maximize our time out here. So we've got GoPros set up on Sue's bobcat. You never know if those are going to last very long, or if those are going to fail. And then we'll be running two other cameras watching her clear snow.
Video examples
New York -- before the...
something that a bobcat needs. But a beaver also needs things. And that having it on either side means that we can link it together, that we can create the network of the habitat relationships for these species. Moreover, we realized that you can start out
Video examples
Amelia PIPE Live Free or Die
sometimes he'll just kind of appear and like Oh Mark's here and a lot of the time it's great cuz he brings cool stuff oh my god what he said um I like it my dad and my brother loved to hunt and skin and I do too gosh have a bobcat here yeah it's really
Video examples
Bring on the Bobcats PIPE...
they could be living you know not far from housing people may never know with the help of a radio collar and triangulation JC can determine within a few yards the exact location of a bobcat I didn't see him but I know he ran right
Video examples
Gregg Treinish:...
come out and join us as well so they got to interact directly with the scientist to in the olympic national forest we set up a group of wildlife cams this is a bobcat here and he's picking out a
Video examples
Snow DNA Reveals New Way...
bobcat so we try and use track surveys and cover more of the areas that the animals actually inhabit even experts misidentified tracks when tracks melt out they're hard to identify we make
Video examples
Creatures in the Dark PIPE...
off these coyotes or whatever else could be out here we're gonna have to keep watch tomorrow night it could be a bobcat we're gonna have to be seriously careful
Video examples
Bobcat Cubs Steal Mom's...
into the mists of spring. And the shadowy bobcat emerges with an apprentice killer in tow.
Video examples
Bobcat Hunting in Winter...
and this bobcat may be in luck for this particular valley is blessed
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Terry Brooks
American Writer
I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days with another boy, tracking a bobcat that had been sighted in another county fifty miles away, but which I was sure had come into our neighborhood.
Quote examples
Steve Blank
American Businessman
Normally when I have students over, we sit in the house and look at the fields to try to catch a glimpse of a bobcat hunting.
Quote examples
Terry Brooks
American Writer
I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days with another boy, tracking a bobcat that had been sighted in another county fifty miles away, but which I was sure had come into our neighborhood.
Quote examples
Steve Blank
American Businessman
Normally when I have students over, we sit in the house and look at the fields to try to catch a glimpse of a bobcat hunting.
Example 1 of 2
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