[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lynx \lynx\ li^ngks, 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
see also:
light ounce felis lynx felis borealis felis canadensis 
lynx lynx felis rufa felis pardina 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lynx
     n : short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for
         their fur syn: catamount
see also:
catamount 

[3] : 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

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
network remote procedure call university of wisconsin 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
        home http://www.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
     
     
see also:
www browser university of kansas cursor-addressable character cell terminals 
terminals emulators unix vms doslynx lt;homegt; lynx real-time systems 

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