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单词 caracal
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caracaln.

Brit. /ˈkarəkal/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəkæl/
Etymology: < French caracal, < Turkish qarah-qulaq, < qarah black + qulak ear.
A feline animal ( Felis caracal Linn.) found in northern Africa and south-western Asia; it belongs to the sub-genus of the lynxes, and is generally supposed to be the ‘lynx’ of the ancients.
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1760 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1809) 11 474 (note) The caracal is an animal of great strength and fierceness.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 258 The Siagush, or, as Mr. Buffon names it, the Caracal.
1834 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Felinæ (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia II) 251 The caracal has always been considered to be the lynx mentioned by the ancients as possessing such wonderful power of sight.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 218/2 The Caracals hunt in packs like the wild dogs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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