Lynx
WordNet
noun
(1) Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
(2) A text browser
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Etymology 1
From lynx, a "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.
Proper noun
- A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.