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Definition of Canada lynx
1. Noun. Of northern North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Lynx
Literary usage of Canada lynx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Canada lynx (Lynx ... From the great size of its claws and teeth, and its formidable
appearance, the Canada lynx has acquired a reputation for ferocity, ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"F. Canadensis (the Canada lynx.) Covered with fine long hair all over the body,
the sides of the face, with longer hair, like the tiger; of a very pale ash ..."
3. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"(William Brewster, WP Wharton); Canada lynx, gray wolf, black bear, moose, elk.
MICHIGAN: Passenger pigeon, wild turkey, sandhill crane, whooping crane, ..."
4. The Conservation of the Wild Life of Canada by Charles Gordon Hewitt (1921)
"The Canada lynx is found throughout the Dominion from Nova Scotia to British
Columbia, and northward as far as the limits of our northern forests. ..."