lynx

/lɪŋks/

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 seemingly 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 terms

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

Hyponyms

bobcat, Canada lynx, Eurasian lynx, Iberian lynx