Lynx

See also: lynx

Translingual

Lynx lynx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lynx

Proper noun

Lynx m

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

Hypernyms

• (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

Hyponyms

• (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

References

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

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lynx

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

Derived terms

• Lyncis

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: الْوَشَق (al-wašaq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天貓座／天猫座 (zh) (Tiānmāozuò)

• Finnish: Ilves (fi)
• French: Lynx (fr) m
• Galician: Lince (gl)
• German: Luchs (de) m
• Icelandic: Gaupan (is) f
• Irish: an Lincse f
• Kazakh: Сілеусін (Sıleusın)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Loss m

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

See also

• Lynx (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From lynx.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lynx m

1. (astronomy) Lynx