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caracal.

A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/General-American/ˈkeɚ.əˌkæl//ˈkɛɚ.əˌkæl/
  1. A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.

Where this word comes from

From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.

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