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Definition of Genus lynx
1. Noun. Lynxes.
Group relationships: Family Felidae, Felidae
Member holonyms: Catamount, Lynx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lynx
Literary usage of Genus lynx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"... between lynxes and true cats—How to distinguish- them—Lynx hunts—1 kill lour
iu one month—Characteristics of the genus—Lynx-hunting as a sport. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1895)
"The status of the four tenable generic names of Kerr may be shown as follows :
genus lynx Kerr. Lynx KERR, Am. King. I, 1792, Syst. Cat. Nos. ..."
3. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"It is unclear whether lynx throughout the world should be classified within a
separate genus Lynx, or whether they should be placed within the more ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These are recognized as forming another genus Lynx, and we have of these several
species, as Lynx canadensis, ..."
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