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loup-cervier
[< F < L lupus cervarius wolf that hunts stags]
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n.
a North American wildcat, Lynx canadensis, having prominently tufted ears, large cushioned paws, and a black tail-tip.
Quotations
1744
The Loup Cervier, or Lynx, is of the Cat Kind, but as large as a great Dog; it preys upon all the Beasts it can conquer, as does the Tyger, which is the only Beast in that Country that won't fly from a Man.
<i>c</i>1820
[It was] a species of lynx or wild cat, which the natives call the loup-cervier, or, as they pronounce it lousifee.
1825
The sum of Five Shillings shall be paid to any person or persons who shall bring to said Treasurer the snout of any Loup-Cervier killed within said Island. . . .
1955
loup cervier. A French Canadian term for the lynx.
1962
This quality [castor gras] of beaver being necessary [in 1720] for the consumption of the hat-trade, they would have their furs which consist princippally in the most beautiful martens and "loups cerviers". . . .