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- noun Plural form of
bobcat .
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Examples
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Coyotes skulked there, and tarantulas and "bobcats" and snakes.
Good Indian B. M. Bower 1905
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Those with machinery, such as bobcats, should call 07 3403 8888 or email lordmayor@brisbane.qld.gov.au
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His research in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island found what many grouse hunters with dogs may have already concluded: deep uncrusted snow also offers grouse protection from ground predators such as bobcats and foxes (and hunting dogs), presumably because the snow inhibits scent.
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Monday afternoon between noon and 1 p.m. I walked to the mall and counted 17 snow plows and two "bobcats" going up and down Jones Branch, scrapping the street without snow.
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Monday afternoon between noon and 1 p.m. I walked to the mall and counted 17 snow plows and two "bobcats" going up and down Jones Branch, scrapping the street without snow.
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It's believed Chicken Island got its name because settlers kept their chickens there, to keep them safe from natural predators such as bobcats and foxes.
unknown title 2009
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Cranes roost and rest in the playa lakes of the refuge, where the shallow, briny water protects them from predators such as bobcats and coyotes.
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They try to determine which are false, which are other animals such as bobcats, and which are cougars.
unknown title 2009
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(My agent explained to me the other day what men are now calling "bobcats," or girls in the age range of 22 to 27 who are brazen and flippant toward men, until they have to be nice to them when they become "pumas" at 28 to 35.
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Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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