English Explanatory Dictionary

lynx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
name
  1. A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

Pronunciation

lĭngks /lɪŋks/ en-us-lynx.ogg

Word forms

lynx lynxes

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 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.

Derived words

African lynx bay lynx blynx Canada lynx Canadian lynx common lynx desert lynx Eurasian lynx European lynx green lynx spider Iberian lynx Issoire lynx jungle lynx lynx-eyed lynx flower moth lynxlike lynx spider marsh lynx Persian lynx red lynx Spanish lynx Local Lynx of Cold Clouds Lyncis
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