Lynx
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- noun
- /lɪŋks/
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lince
- The Iberian lynx is one of the most endangered cats in the world.
- Iberian lynx
- Canadian lynx
- bobcat or lynx
But if you are out there and you fuck a Mountain Lion or a lynx, you're a hero, OK?
- But if you are out there and you fuck a Mountain Lion or a lynx, you're a hero, OK?
Examples
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A third model of the lynx-hare cycle has been presented by Royama (1992).
Academic text (1996) -
Both carnivores (with a few notable exceptions; e.g., wolverine, lynx) and ungulate populations (exception = moose) have been doing extremely well in the U.S. and Canada.
Blog text (17) -
Not even mountain wolves or lynx.
Fiction book (2002) -
The major issue surrounding Vail's category III expansion concerned the potential loss of lynx habitat.
Academic text (2000) -
With over 150 animals to choose from, each day's visitors were able to capture critters that ranged from black bear and mountain lion to fox and lynx.
Academic text (2004) -
Like his mentor Vautrin, he has "the eyes of a lynx" ("les yeux d'un lynx," 104).
Academic text (1993) -
Serval (Felis leptailurus, rare), Caracal (Felis lynx caracal, rare).
Academic text (2006) -
Wild cats of the "catamount variety," including the bobcat, cougar, or lynx, have roamed the southern Appalachian Mountains for years. Learned something new this week, didn't we?
Blog text (11) -
Gray wolves, black wolves, coyotes, red foxes, arctic foxes, cougars, bobcats, lynx, badgers, and black bears are among the potential featured primary animals.
Academic text (2004) -
At one time, small brown bears lived in the caves of Elba, a prehistoric species of rhinoceros roamed the fields, and lynx hunted the newborn foals of wild horses.
Fiction book (2002)
Compounds
- US
A medium wild cat with ear tufts and a short tail that lives in the forests of northern North America
- UK
A large wild cat with tufted ears and a short tail that lives in northern Europe and Asia
- Specialized
A rare wild cat from Spain and Portugal with spotted fur and a short tail
- Specialized
A wild cat called the Canada lynx that lives in northern North America
- Indian
A wild cat with long black hairs on its ears that lives in deserts in northern Africa and southern Asia
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Etymology
Lynx comes from an old Greek word lúnx that was linked to a word for 'light' because the animal's eyes often seem to shine. So the name fits the cat's clear, watchful eyes and its skill at seeing in the dark.