[lingks] 
) 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. |
| lynx (lĭngks) n. pl. lynx or lynx·es
[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek lunx; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.] |