bay lynx

noun

1. bobcat.

bay lynx

noun

1. another name for bobcat

Word History and Origins

Origin of bay lynx¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

Wildcats, or bobcats as they are sometimes called, being also known as the bay lynx, are not as large as a good-sized dog.

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As a further illustration of nature's use of the snowshoe principle, compare the foot of a Canada lynx with that of a bobcat or bay lynx.

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Another day the lynx tried it, and fared even worse than the fisher—not the Canada lynx, with whom we are already somewhat acquainted, but the bay lynx.

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It was the Texas variety of this animal—which is deeper in colour than the common bay lynx, and, I think, a different species.

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He looked up and saw, crouched on a shelf within four feet of him, a full-grown wild-cat, or bay lynx, which seemed disposed to spring at him.

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