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lynx

[lingks] / lɪŋks /
NOUN
large cat
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Prof McCracken said farmers could take some "comfort" from the success of the Scotland project but can understand their ongoing concerns because of discussions around reintroducing other carnivorous predators like lynx.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

For nearly 20 minutes, the lynx remained absorbed in the behaviour, at times standing on its "hind legs with its gaze fixed on the rodent", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Iberian lynx is one of the world's rarest wildcats and was on the brink of extinction in the early 2000s, with fewer than 100 individuals remaining.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Two lynx were spotted on Wednesday 8 January in the Drumguish area near Kingussie in a landscape of sweeping wetlands, woods and farms.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

But she could also hear bears and lynx growling in the wilderness around her.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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