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# lynx

noun (a lynx, lynxes or lynx)

«lynx» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A lynx is a wild cat of medium size with tufts of black fur on the tips of its ears, a short tail and big furry paws. It lives in forests of North America, Europe and Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, the Canada lynx mainly eats snowshoe hares; when hares go down, lynx go down too (predator-prey cycles). There are plans to bring the lynx back to parts of the UK. Lynx is also a brand of deodorant.

### Examples

- The lynx crept silently through the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x1)
- A lynx has tufts on its ears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x2)
- Its big paws work like snowshoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x3)
- People want to bring lynx back to Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x4)
- The lynx pounced on a hare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x5)
- We saw a lynx at the wildlife park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x6)
- But first he went to the forest and caught a lynx, and cutting off the creature’s sharp claws, he fastened them on to his own hands and feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced «links» (sounds like «links»). Plural lynxes or lynx.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lynx» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lynx» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lynx.html) on Mova free.