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car⋅a⋅cal
[kar-uh-kal] 
–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. |
Origin:
1750–60; < F, appar. Buffon's adaption of Turk karakulak lynx (kara black + kulak ear)
1750–60; < F, appar. Buffon's adaption of Turk karakulak lynx (kara black + kulak ear)
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| car·a·cal (kār'ə-kāl') n. A wildcat (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal) of Africa and southern Asia having short fawn-colored fur and long tufted ears. [French, from Ottoman Turkish qaraqūlāq : qara, black + qūlāq, ear.] |
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Caracal
Car"a*cal\, n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk garahgootag; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zo["o]l.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
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