caracal

[ kar-uh-kal ]
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noun
  1. a slender, catlike mammal, Lynx caracal, with a reddish-brown coat and long tufted ears, inhabiting northern Africa and India.

  2. the fur of this animal.

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Origin of caracal

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1750–60; <French, apparently Buffon's adaption of Turkish karakulak lynx (kara black + kulak ear)

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caracal

/ (ˈkærəˌkæl) /


noun
  1. Also called: desert lynx a lynxlike feline mammal, Lynx caracal, inhabiting deserts of N Africa and S Asia, having long legs, a smooth coat of reddish fur, and black-tufted ears

  2. the fur of this animal

Origin of caracal

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C18: from French, from Turkish kara kūlāk, literally: black ear

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