loupcervier

[ loo-ser-vyey ]

noun

, plural loup·cer·viers, (especially collectively) loup·cer·vier.

1. the Canada lynx.

Word History and Origins

Origin of loupcervier¹

1715–25; < Canadian French, French: lynx < Latin lupus cervārius wolf that hunts deer (literally: wolf of or connected with deer). See lupus, cervine, -ier ²