DCHP-1 Online

lynx † 

• 1 n. a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.

  See also: Canada lynx  

  • 1760  They have a great number of lynxes, whose flesh tastes like veal.
  • 1849  In these woods occasionally is seen the lynx, with its stout active mate, cat-like face, tufted ears, spotted legs and short tail.
  • 1966  A well-known trapper . . . discovered a lynx in one of his beaver traps this week.

• 2 n. the fur of the Canada lynx.

  • 1820  (1823)  Three marten, a musk-rat, or a single, lynx, or wolverine skin are equivalent to one beaver.
  • 1964  . . . the price of white fox has risen to $25 from $10 in the 1950s. Lynx prices have gone up to $15 from $3.

• 3 n. the flesh of the Canada lynx used as food.

  • 1858  (1958)  Lynx also makes a good stew if you do not think of cats, and squirrels make un grand ragoût.
  • 1921  The dishes included the choice of moose, caribou, bear, lynx, beaver, or muskrat.