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Definition of Lynx caracal
1. Noun. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lynx Caracal
Literary usage of Lynx caracal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"... or those with a brush of hairs on the tips of the ears, as the Lynx, caracal,
serval, &c *. Feet webbed, hind-legs adapted for swimming. PALMATA. ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Caracal (Felts or Lynx caracal), a species of Lynx (qv) found in the warmer parts
of Asia and throughout the whole of Africa; and more prol>- ably than any ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1895)
"Lynx Chaus. 289. Mountain Lynx. 2. Lynx montana. 290. Persian Lynx. 3. Lynx caracal.
291. Bengal Lynx. 4. Lynx bengalensis. 292. Booted Lynx. 5. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... fur for robes and coverings; its physiognomy is much less ferocious than that
of the cats of the same size. Lynx caracal The booted or marsh lynx (L. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... become uniformly-coloured in summer They are am- nected with the more typical
cats by the long-tailed and uniformly red caracal, Lynx (Caracal) caracal, ..."
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