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lucivee [< loup-cervier] Esp. Maritimes

• n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip. Also, the pelt of the lynx. Also spelled luce(r)vi, lucerver, lucifee, etc.

  See also: Canada lynx  loup-cervier  lucififer  

  • 1774  (1945)  The lucovie, or wild cat, is also an inhabitant of this country. . . .
  • 1861  The Lynx or Lucifee, or more properly the Loup-cervier is in the doomed list of animals.
  • 1900  The lucivee tracks now showed different tactics. They crossed and crisscrossed the trail. . . .
  • 1949  In the year 1781, Simonds, Hazen, and White sent a consignment of furs to Halifax to be shipped to England. It consisted of moose skins, caribou . . . "lucervers," red fox, cross fox, bear skins.