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n. — Dial.

a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.

A common form among trappers in the Northwest, a back-formation from lynx to form an unhistorical singular.

Quotations

1896

. . . in the Great Slave Lake region . . . the "pishew" or "link" was by no means common.

1920

"How many link skins in the bale you made up, to-day?" asked Peter Minot.

1966

". . . let's go into the link money." In the long previous winter Rappaport had trailed and treed four lynx which Smith had shot, skinned and sold.