loup-cervier

English

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

loup cervier

Noun

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

  1. (archaic) The Canada lynx.

References
  • loup-cervier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lu.sɛʁ.vje/
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Noun

loup-cervier m (plural loups-cerviers, feminine loup-cerve)

  1. lynx
  2. the Eurasian lynx
  3. the Canada lynx

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