lyncean

lyncean
/lin see"euhn/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to a lynx; lynxlike.
2. lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
[ < L lynce(us) sharp-sighted ( < Gk lýnkeios like a lynx, equiv. to lynk-, s. of lýnx LYNX + -eios adj. suffix) + -AN]

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