lynx, noun

Plurals:
lynxes, or unchanged.
Origin:
EnglishShow more Special sense of general English.
Also African lynx.
Caracal; rooikat.
2011 inconhealth.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The occasional Rooikat (Lynx) and Jackal is also to be found.
2013 groundup.org.za (DSAE Corpus)This was nothing less than a lynx (rooikat) which had apparently been snooping around his garden.
2014 theskincentre.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The caracal is also known as the African lynx, because they were considered to be a relative of lynxes but they are now believed to be related to the serval.
2016 dispatchlive.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Some say it could be a caracal or lynx, others believe it could even be a baboon.
Caracal; rooikat.
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