Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lynx"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lynx \Lynx\, n. [L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ?; akin to AS. lox, G.
luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E.
light. See {Light}, n., and cf. {Ounce} an animal.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lynx
n : short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for
their fur [syn: {catamount}]
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