lynx

(Inglese)

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

Frequenza

31k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/lɪŋks/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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 glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Displaced English los; Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

European lynx

Lynx canadensis

common lynx

Northern lynx

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