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lynx

[lingks]

–noun, plural lynx⋅es, (especially collectively

) lynx for 1, genitive Lyn⋅cis [lin-sis]

for 2.

1.	any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx (or Felis), having long limbs, a short tail, and usually tufted ears, esp. L. lynx (Canada lynx), of Canada and the northern U.S., having grayish-brown fur marked with white.

2.	(initial capital letter) Astronomy. a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Auriga.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < L < Gk lýnx

Related forms:

lynxlike, adjective

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lynx (lĭngks)

n. pl. lynx or lynx·es

Any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx, especially L. canadensis of northern North America or L. lynx of Eurasia, having soft thick fur, a black-tipped short tail, and tufted ears.
Lynx A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, near Auriga and Gemini.

[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek lunx; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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