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lyncean

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lyn⋅ce⋅an

  [lin-see-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a lynx; lynxlike.
2. lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
Origin:
< L lyncē(us) sharp-sighted (< Gk lýnkeios like a lynx, equiv. to lynk-,s. of lýnx lynx + -eios adj. suffix) + -an
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