n. 猞猁;山猫
lynx 猞猁
来自拉丁语lynx,词源同light,lunar.因该猫科动物在黑暗中发光的眼睛而得名。
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]Compare Lithuanian luzzis, Old High German luhs, German luchs, Old English lox, Dutch los, Swedish lo "lynx."