lynx Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a text browser
  2. noun short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
    catamount.

WordNet

Lynx noun
Etymology
L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. akin to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. light. See Light, n., and cf. Ounce an animal.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears. ✍ Among the well-known species are the European lynx (Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier (F. Canadensis); the bay lynx of America (F. rufa), and its western spotted variety (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx (F. pardina) of Southern Europe.
  2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.

Webster 1913