spotted lynx

spotted lynx
noun
of southern Europe
Syn: ↑Lynx pardina
Hypernyms: ↑lynx, ↑catamount

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noun
: a southern European lynx (Lynx pardina) now chiefly limited to the Spanish Pyrenees that is of a rufous color obscurely spotted with black

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