loup-cervier
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French loup-cervier (“lynx”). Compare lusern.
Noun
[edit]loup-cervier (plural loup-cerviers or loups-cerviers)
- (archaic) The Canada lynx.
References
[edit]- “loup-cervier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]loup-cervier m (plural loups-cerviers, feminine loup-cerve)
- lynx
- the Eurasian lynx
- the Canada lynx
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “loup-cervier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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