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A lynx
Lynx
A lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...

is a type of wild cat.

Lynx may also refer to:

Individuals

Emcee Lynx
Emcee Lynx
Lynx, or Emcee Lynx is an anarchist hip hop artist in Vallejo, California who has achieved significant popularity and name-recognition in the West Coast hip hop and underground hip hop scenes and among anarchists and other radicals around the world...

(born 1980), anarchist hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area
Lynx Vaughan Gaede (1992-), a member of the American white nationalist folk teen duo Prussian Blue
Prussian Blue (duo)
Prussian Blue was a white nationalist pop pre-teen duo formed in early 2003 by the mother of Lynx Vaughan Gaede and Lamb Lennon Gaede, sororal twin girls born on June 30, 1992, in Bakersfield, California...
Lynx (musician), electronic music producer and DJ specializing in Drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

from Portsmouth, UK

Aviation

Lynx, the name of military versions of the Cessna Skymaster
Cessna Skymaster
The Cessna Skymaster is a United States twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them. The horizontal...

, flown by the Rhodesian Air Force
Lynx Aviation (disambiguation)
Lynx Aviation (disambiguation)
Lynx Aviation may refer to:*Lynx Aviation, a private chartered airline in Pakistan*Lynx Aviation, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings which operated feeder service for Frontier Airlines....

, the name of more than one airline
Westland Lynx
Westland Lynx
The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants...

helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland
Lynx rocketplane
Lynx rocketplane
The Lynx rocketplane is a suborbital horizontal-takeoff, horizontal-landing ,rocket-powered spaceplane being developed by the California-based company XCOR to compete in the emerging suborbital space flight market. The Lynx is projected to carry one pilot, a ticketed passenger, and/or a payload or...

, a rocket-powered aircraft under development

Maritime

HMS Lynx
HMS Lynx
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:* Lynx was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1777.* Lynx was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. Converted to a hospital ship in 1780, the ship was sold in 1783....

, the name of nine British Royal Navy ships, a high-speed ferry operated by Stena Line
Lynx (1812 privateer)
HMS Mosquidobit (1813)
HMS Mosquidobit was the Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner Lynx that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813...

, a topsail schooner built in Fells Point, Maryland and captured by the British Royal Navy in 1813 and taken into service
Lynx (tall ship)
Lynx (tall ship)
Lynx is a square topsail schooner based in Newport Beach, California. She is an interpretation of an American letter of marque vessel of the same name from 1812...

, an interpretation of the 1812 privateer schooner, launched in 2001 and based in California
USS Lynx
USS Lynx
USS Lynx may refer to:, a schooner commissioned in 1815 that disappeared at sea in 1820, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919, a cargo ship in commission from 1943 to 1945...

, the name of more than three United States Navy ships
USS Lynx II (SP-730)
USS Lynx II (SP-730)
Note: USS Lynx II should not be confused with patrol vessel USS Lynx ', which served served in the United States Navy during the same period....

, later renamed USS SP-730, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

Military vehicles

Panzer IIL Luchs (German for "Lynx"), a light reconnaissance version of the German Panzer II
Panzer II
The Panzer II was the common name for a family of German tanks used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II...

tank used during World War II
Lynx reconnaissance vehicle
Lynx reconnaissance vehicle
The Lynx reconnaissance vehicle is a United States-built tracked armoured fighting vehicle, which was employed by the armed forces of the Netherlands and Canada....

, a U.S.-built military reconnaissance vehicle used by the armed forces of Canada and the Netherlands
Lynx Scout Car, a Canadian–built version of the World War 2, Daimler Dingo
Daimler Dingo
-external links :*** has a Daimler Dingo in its exposition.* wwiivehicles.com**...
ERC 90 Lynx
ERC 90 Sagaie
The Panhard ERC 90 is a French six-wheeled armoured all terrain vehicle which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof. While various models were tested, only two versions of the ERC were developed and produced: the Lynx and the Sagaie...

French six wheeled fire-support and reconnaissance vehicle

Road

Leyland Lynx
Leyland Lynx
The Leyland Lynx is a single-decker bus built by Leyland between 1984 and 1992. It was designed to replace the ageing Leyland National.Production vehicles began to enter service in 1986. From 1990 to 1992 the updated Lynx II version was produced...

, a model of single-decker bus produced by British Leyland in the 1980s and 1990s
Lynx (snowmobile)
Lynx (snowmobile)
Lynx is originally a Finnish brand of snowmobiles, currently owned by the Canadian company Bombardier Recreational Products.Lynx is a snowmobile brand in Europe and has made many unique inventions in snowmobile technology....

, a brand of snowmobiles
Lynx (transportation)
Lynx (transportation)
LYNX is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, serving the Orlando, Florida region. Bus routes are referred to as Links. Standard adult one-way fare is $2 with free single transfers valid for 90 minutes...

, a bus system operated by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Mercury Lynx
Mercury Lynx
The Mercury Lynx was a compact car produced by the Ford Motor Company for its Mercury division from 1981 to 1987. It was a rebadged version of the Ford Escort. In 1987, the Lynx was dropped after slumping sales . In 1988, Mercury launched the Tracer as the Lynx's replacement...

, a model of car

Rail

GWR no. 2109 Lynx, a South Devon Railway Eagle class
South Devon Railway Eagle class
The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...

steam locomotive
Lynx Rapid Transit Services
LYNX Rapid Transit Services
Lynx Rapid Transit Services comprises a light rail line serviced by the Charlotte Area Transit System in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States...

, light rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina

Astronomy

Lynx (constellation)
Lynx (constellation)
Lynx is a constellation in the northern sky, introduced in the 17th century by Johannes Hevelius. It is named after the lynx, a genus of cat. It is a very faint constellation; its brightest stars form a zigzag line.-History:...

, a Northern Hemisphere constellation
Lynx (Chinese astronomy)

Business

Lynx (deodorant), a brand of deodorant known as Axe in some markets
Lynx, a brand of footwear owned by Colorado Group Limited
Colorado Group Limited
Colorado Group Limited is an Australian public company that operates a number of retail clothing chains. Major brands include Colorado Adventurewear, Mathers, Williams the Shoemen, JAG, Diana Ferrari, and Pairs. The company is based in Brisbane, Queensland with an office in Cremorne, Victoria...
LYNX Express
LYNX Express
LYNX Express was a courier company operating principally in the United Kingdom. It was acquired in September 2005 by UPS.-History:The Company's history dates back to the nationalisation of the British Railways after World War II...

(or simply LYNX), a UK parcel carrier, now owned by UPS
Yashica Lynx
Yashica Lynx
The Lynx is a family of rangefinder cameras made by Japanese company Yashica from the early-1960s with coupled and fixed lenses.- Models :The Lynx 1000 was introduced in 1960. It has a 1:1.8 45 mm lens with 6 elements in 4 groups. The diaphragm shutter is capable of a maximum speed of 1/1000...

, a family of rangefinder cameras from the 1960s
Lynx Information Systems, a privately owned service company specializing in seismic vectorising and spatial data management.

Computing and computer gaming

Lucid Lynx, codename of Ubuntu (operating system), release 10.04
Lynx (protocol)
Lynx (protocol)
Lynx Is a protocol for the transfer of files over modems. The protocol uses a windowed batch data transmission protocol designed to achieve efficient, reliable, and flexibile file transfers. It was developed by Matthew Thomas in 1989.-Techniques:...

, a protocol for efficient transfer of files over modems
Lynx (web browser)
Lynx (web browser)
Lynx is a text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals and is very configurable.-Usage:Browsing in Lynx consists of highlighting the chosen link using cursor keys, or having all links on a page numbered and entering the chosen link's number. Current versions support...

, a text-based web browser commonly used on Unix workstations
Lynx (programming language), a programming language for large distributed networks using remote procedure calls
Lynx (Chrono Cross), a major character from the video game Chrono Cross
LynxOS
LynxOS
The LynxOS RTOS is a Unix-like real-time operating system from LynuxWorks . Sometimes known as the Lynx Operating System, LynxOS features full POSIX conformance and, more recently, Linux compatibility...

, an operating system
Camputers Lynx
Camputers Lynx
The Lynx was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983 as a 48 kB model. The designer of the Lynx was John Shireff and several models were available with 48 kB, 96 kB or 128 kB RAM...

, a British computer
MassLynx, a mass spectrometry data format
Atari Lynx, a handheld gaming console.
The Lynx, a vehicle in the science fiction video game Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man is a first-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is set in an alternate history 1951, and follows Sgt...
A term for a "NEXT Pilot" in Armored Core

Sports

Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

, a WNBA basketball team
Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx
Toronto Lynx is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference....

, a USL First Division soccer team
Ottawa Lynx
Ottawa Lynx
The Ottawa Lynx were a minor league baseball team that formerly competed in the Triple-A International League from 1993 to 2007. The team's home field was Lynx Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. Over the team's 15 seasons, it was the Triple-A Minor League affiliate of the Montreal Expos , Baltimore...

, a former AAA minor league baseball team
The Lynx, another name for the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team
The Lynx are the mascot for Rhodes College
Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's...

Other

Lynx (comics)
Lynx (comics)
Lynx is the name of three fictional characters owned by DC Comics.-Ghost Dragons:Lynx was originally seen as the girlfriend of Billy Hue, leader of the Parisian branch of the Ghost Dragons, a Chinese youth gang with members from Macau, Kowloon, and Hong Kong that served the ruthless King Snake...

, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe
Lynx (magazine), a Japanese monthly literary magazine published by Gentosha
Gentosha
is a Japanese publisher, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Gentosha publishes manga magazine Comic Birz, Web comic magazines GENZO, SPICA, Comic MAGNA, literary magazines Lynx, papyrus, as well as business magazine GOETHE.- Publications :...

Comics
Lynx (album), first album of swedish progressive rock band Galleon
Lynx (mythology)
Lynx (mythology)
The Lynx is an elusive, ghost-like animal that sees without being seen. Often called "the keeper of secrets of the forest", its magical appearance stems from the mystery that such a creature's secrecy can also be its strength.-Roles of the Lynx:...

, a mythological creature with piercing eyesight
Lynx, Ohio
Lynx, Ohio
Lynx is a census-designated place in southwestern Brush Creek Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45650. It is located along State Route 125....

, a small village in Ohio in the United States
The Lynx Gang
Lynx Gang
The Lynx Gang is a Birmingham-based gang that was founded in the 1970s, initially to protect the Asian community from racist skinheads. Later, the gang transformed into a violent criminal gang...

, a violent criminal gang based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom
The Lynxes, a popular name for members of the Accademia dei Lincei
Accademia dei Lincei
The Accademia dei Lincei, , is an Italian science academy, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy....

, the first scientific society