"Lynx" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /lɪŋks/
Rhymes: -ɪŋks 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lynx||lynx}} Latin lynx (“lynx”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lynx
  1. (astronomy) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer. Wikipedia link: Johannes Hevelius, Lynx (constellation) Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Lyncis Translations (constellation): الْوَشَق (al-wašaq) (Arabic), 天貓座 (Chinese Mandarin), 天猫座 (Tiānmāozuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Ilves (Finnish), Lynx [masculine] (French), Lince (Galician), Luchs [masculine] (German), Gaupan [feminine] (Icelandic), an Lincse [feminine] (Irish), Сілеусін (Sıleusın) (Kazakh), Loss [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Links (Malay), Ryś [masculine] (Polish), Рысь (Rysʹ) (Russian), Lynx (Spanish)
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