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[syn: lynx, catamount]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lynx \Lynx\ (l[i^][ng]ks), n. [L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ly`gx; akin
to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and
akin to E. light. See Light, n., and cf. Ounce an
animal.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of feline animals of
the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short
tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx
(Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier
(Felis Canadensis syn. Lynx lynx); the bay lynx of
America (Felis rufa), and its western spotted variety
(var. maculata); and the pardine lynx (Felis pardina)
of Southern Europe.
2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lynx
n 1: a text browser
2: short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for
their fur [syn: lynx, catamount]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "lynx":
Argus, Leo, Siberian tiger, bobcat, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount,
cheetah, cougar, eagle, ferret, hawk, jaguar, leopard, lion,
mountain lion, ocelot, painter, panther, puma, simba, tiger,
weasel, wildcat
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Lynx
1. A WWW browser from the University of Kansas for use
on cursor-addressable, character cell terminals or
terminals emulators under Unix or VMS. Lynx is a
product of the Distributed Computing Group within Academic
Computing Services of The University of Kansas. Lynx was
originally developed by Lou Montulli, Michael Grobe and
Charles Rezac. Garrett Blythe created DosLynx and later
joined the Lynx effort as well. Foteos Macrides ported much
of Lynx to VMS and is now maintaining it.
Version: 2.4-FM (1995-10-25).
(http://cc.ukans.edu/about_lynx/about_lynx.html).
Mailing list: lynx-dev@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (send "subscribe
lynx-dev " in the message body to
listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu).
(1994-12-07)
2. Lynx Real-Time Systems.
(1996-03-25)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
LYNX
A language for large distributed networks, using remote
procedure calls, developed by the University of Wisconsin
in 1984.
["The Lynx Distributed Programming Language: Motivation,
Design and Experience", M.L. Scott, Computer Langs 16:209-233
(1991)].
(1994-10-12)