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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lynx

/(lĭṉks)/ · IPA /lɪŋks/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    One of the northern constellations.(Astron.)