Lynx

[lingks] /lɪŋks/

noun, plural lynxes (especially collectively) lynx for 1.
1.
any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx (or Felis), having long limbs, a short tail, and usually tufted ears, especially L. lynx (Canada lynx) of Canada and the northern U.S., having grayish-brown fur marked with white.
2.
genitive Lyncis
[lin-sis] /ˈlɪn sɪs/ (Show IPA). (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Auriga.
/lɪŋks/
noun (pl) lynxes, lynx
1.
a feline mammal, Felis lynx (or canadensis), of Europe and North America, with grey-brown mottled fur, tufted ears, and a short tail related adjective lyncean
2.
the fur of this animal
3.
bay lynx, another name for bobcat
4.
desert lynx, another name for caracal
5.
Also called Polish lynx. a large fancy pigeon from Poland, with spangled or laced markings
/lɪŋks/
noun (Latin genitive) Lyncis (ˈlɪnsɪs)
1.
a faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Ursa Major and Cancer
n.

mid-14c., from Latin lynx (source of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian lince), from Greek lyngz, perhaps from PIE *leuk- “light” (see light (n.)), in reference to its gleaming eyes or its ability to see in the dark.

If that men hadden eyghen of a beeste that highte lynx, so that the lokynge of folk myghte percen thurw the thynges that withstonden it. [Chaucer’s “Boethius,” c.1380]

Cf. Lithuanian luzzis, Old High German luhs, German luchs, Old English lox, Dutch los, Swedish lo “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)

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: [email protected] (send “subscribe lynx-dev ” in the message body to [email protected]).
(1994-12-07)
2. Lynx Real-Time Systems.
(1996-03-25)