Lynx

Meaning

A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

Translations

Lynx

Lince

Lince

Vaşak

Lince

Lynx

Λυγξ

Lynx

Lynx

Lynx

Linx

الوشق

Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɪŋks/
Etymology

From Latin lynx (“lynx”). Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. The constellation is said to be so faint that one needs the eyes of a lynx to see it.

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