Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx
         ({Felis borealis}); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier
         ({F. Canadensis}); the bay lynx of America ({F. rufa}),
         and its western spotted variety ({var. maculata}); and
         the pardine lynx ({F. pardina}) of Southern Europe.

   2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.