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African lynx

African lynx noun: a caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in Africa as well as southwest and central Asia and western India.

african lynx: a caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in...
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Noun

African lynx (plural African lynxes)

  1. A caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in Africa as well as southwest and central Asia and western India.

Synonyms of African lynx

Forms of African lynx

pluralAfrican lynxes

Questions about African lynx

What does African lynx mean?
African lynx means a caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in Africa as well as southwest and central Asia and western India.
What part of speech is African lynx?
African lynx is a noun.
What is the plural of African lynx?
The plural of African lynx is African lynxes.

Words near African lynx in the dictionary

  1. African locust bean
  2. African locust beans
  3. African long-tailed shrike
  4. African long-tailed shrikes
  5. African lungfish
  6. African lynx
  7. African lynxes
  8. African mahoganies
  9. African mahogany
  10. African manatee
  11. African manatees

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