loup-cervier

noun

The Canada lynx.

Meanings

nounloup-cervier (plural loup-cerviers or loups-cerviers)

plural loup-cerviers · plural loups-cerviers

  1. archaicThe Canada lynx.

Origin

  1. Frenchloup-cervier“lynx”
  2. Englishloup-cervier

From French loup-cervier (“lynx”). Compare lusern.

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