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Definition of Lynxes
1. lynx [n] - See also: lynx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lynxes
Literary usage of Lynxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Columbia River: Or, Scenes and Adventures During a Residence of Six by Ross Cox (1831)
"... Author nearly blinded by hawks—Foxes—Great number of wolves—Their method of
attacking horses—lynxes—Bears —Anecdote of a kidnapping bruin—Ingenious plan ..."
2. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"THE COUGAR AND lynxes. ... result—Death of two cougars—Other members of the cat
family—Difference between lynxes and true cats—How to distinguish them—Lynx ..."
3. The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe-journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou by Ernest Thompson Seton (1911)
"This statement, far from final, is practically true to-day, but I saw plenty of
lynxes, and one cannot write of ducks without mentioning water. ..."
4. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"In some cats other than lynxes the tail is short, and some have the ears more or
... The lynxes, therefore, cannot be separated off as a nominally distinct ..."
5. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... Tigers, Leopards, Pumas, Jaguars, a large number of so-called Tiger-cats (spotted
and striped), Wild Cats, Domestic Cats, and lynxes. ..."