lynx
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Definition of lynx
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
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noun
- Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
name
- A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.
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Etymology
From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes…
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From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Doublet of onza and ounce. Displaced English los; Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.
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