Lynx

See also: lynx

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TranslingualEdit

Lynx lynx

EtymologyEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Lynx m

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

HypernymsEdit

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

HyponymsEdit

• (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

ReferencesEdit

• Lynx (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lynx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

Proper nounEdit

Lynx

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

Derived termsEdit

• Lyncis

TranslationsEdit

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猞猁 (zh) (shē lì)

• Finnish: Ilves (fi)
• French: Lynx (fr) m
• Galician: Lince (gl)
• German: Luchs (de) m
• Icelandic: Gaupan (is) f

• Low German:

  German Low German: Loss m

• Malay: Links
• Polish: Ryś (pl) m
• Russian: Рысь (ru) (Rysʹ)
• Spanish: Lynx

See alsoEdit

• Lynx (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From lynx.

Proper nounEdit

Lynx m

1. (astronomy) Lynx