lynx
pronunciation
How to pronounce lynx in British English:
UK [lɪŋks]
How to pronounce lynx in American English:
US [lɪŋks]
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- Noun:
- short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
Word Origin
- lynx
- lynx: [14] The lynx, a member of the cat family, probably gets its name from its clear sight. It comes via Latin lynx from Greek lúgx, which probably derived from the same Indo-European root (*leuk-) as produced English light and (via Latin) illuminate, illustrate, lucid, luminous, lunar, and lustre. A precedent for its application to ‘seeing’ is provided by Greek leússein ‘see’.=> illustrate, light, ounce
- lynx (n.)
- mid-14c., from Latin lynx (source of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian lince), from Greek lyngz, perhaps from PIE *leuk- "light" (see light (n.)), in reference to its gleaming eyes or its ability to see in the dark. If that men hadden eyghen of a beeste that highte lynx, so that the lokynge of folk myghte percen thurw the thynges that withstonden it. [Chaucer's "Boethius," c. 1380] Compare Lithuanian luzzis, Old High German luhs, German luchs, Old English lox, Dutch los, Swedish lo "lynx."
Example
- 1. A lynx sits on a snow-covered rock .
- 2. Cons : predators include brown bears , wolves , lynx and weasels .
- 3. Image : the iberian lynx ( lynx pardinus ) , one of the critically endangered species found in the mediterranean region .
- 4. We learnt that the kavir is home to the last big cats in iran : the asiatic cheetah , the eurasian lynx and the persian leopard .
- 5. Lest anyone think the european commission short-sighted , it has also made allowance for damage which may be caused by lynx and bears , if these beasts are also released into the wild in future .