Lynx

• Hyphenation: Lynx

From Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “probably the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), and also the caracal (Caracal caracal)”)

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the lynxes.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Felinae - subfamily

• (genus): Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx) - type species; Lynx canadensis (Canada lynx); Lynx pardinus (Spanish lynx); Lynx rufus (bobcat) - other extant species; †Lynx issiodorensis – extinct species

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• IPA^(key): /lɪŋks/
• Hyphenation: Lynx
• Homophone: links

From Latin lynx (“lynx”). Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. The constellation is said to be so faint that one needs the eyes of a lynx to see it.

Lynx

1. (astronomy) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

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From lynx.

Lynx m

1. (astronomy) Lynx