Lynx

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
  • n. One of the northern constellations.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A wild cat with a short tail, penciled ears, and 28 teeth, belonging to the family Felidæ and genus Lynx, such as the caracal, the loup-cervier, and others.
  • n. [capitalized] A genus of Felidæ lacking the front upper premolar of the true cats; the lynxes.
  • n. [capitalized] A small northern constellation introduced by Hevelius in 1690, the name being chosen because the sharp-sightedness of a lynx is required to distinguish any of its stars.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a text browser
  • n. short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
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