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car·a·cal  (kr-kl)

n.

A wildcat (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal) of Africa and southern Asia having short fawn-colored fur and long tufted ears.

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[French, from Ottoman Turkish qaraqlq : qara, black + qlq, ear.]

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caracal

Noun

a lynx with reddish fur, which inhabits deserts of N Africa and S Asia [Turkish kara kūlāk black ear]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

caracal - of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia desert lynx, Lynx caracal catamount, lynx - short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur