Lynx (disambiguation)

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A lynx is a type of wild cat.

Lynx may also refer to:

Astronomy

  • Lynx (constellation)
  • Lynx (Chinese astronomy)
  • Lynx X-ray Observatory, a mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory

Places

Canada

  • Lynx, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point
  • Lynx Mountain, in the Canadian Rockies
  • Lynx Lake (Northwest Territories)
  • Lynx Formation, a stratigraphical unit in western Canada

United States

  • Lynx, Ohio, a census-designated place
  • Lynx Lake (Arizona), a reservoir

Antarctica

  • Lynx Rocks, South Shetland Islands

Transport

Vehicles

  • Leyland Lynx, a model of single-decker bus produced by British Leyland in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Mercury Lynx, a model of car
  • Mitsubishi Lynx, a 1993 Mitsubishi Motors concept car
  • GWR no. 2109 Lynx, a South Devon Railway Eagle class steam locomotive
  • Lynx (tall ship), an interpretation of the 1812 privateer schooner, launched in 2001
  • Lynx (snowmobile), a brand of snowmobiles
  • XCOR Lynx, a proposed rocket-powered spaceplane that was under development
  • AA-1C Lynx, part of the Grumman American AA-1 series of light aircraft

Companies and services

  • Lynx (bus company), a bus company based in King's Lynn, Norfolk
  • Lynx (Orlando), a bus system operated by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
  • Lynx Air, a defunct Canadian low cost carrier airline
  • Lynx Air International, an American airline
  • Lynx Aviation, an American regional airline from 2006 to 2011
  • Lynx Rapid Transit Services, the public transit system in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Lynx Express, a former long-distance passenger train and fast ferry service in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Lynx, an express bus line operated by WestCAT between San Francisco and Hercules, California

Military

  • HMS Lynx, nine British Royal Navy ships
  • Lynx, an American schooner captured by the Royal Navy in 1813 and renamed HMS Mosquidobit (1813)
  • USS Lynx, several United States Navy ships
  • USS Lynx II (SP-730), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
  • French destroyer Lynx, scuttled in 1942 to avoid capture by the Germans
  • French corvette Lynx (1804)
  • Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War) or Lynx Division, a unit of the Finnish Army
  • Lynx reconnaissance vehicle, used by the armed forces of Canada and the Netherlands
  • Panhard AML-90 Lynx, a variant of the lightweight French AML-90 armoured car
  • Pansarbil m/39 Lynx, a Swedish armoured car used by the Swedish and Danish armies
  • Lynx Scout Car, a Canadian–built version of the World War II Daimler Dingo
  • Lynx, a version of the ERC 90 Sagaie, a French six wheeled fire-support and reconnaissance vehicle
  • Lynx ATV, a family of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled all terrain vehicle developed in China.
  • Lynx (Rheinmetall armoured fighting vehicle), a family of tracked armored vehicles developed by Rheinmetall Landsysteme
  • Lynx, the name of military versions of the Cessna Skymaster, flown by the Rhodesian Air Force
  • Westland Lynx, a British military helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland
  • LYNX (multiple rocket launcher), a multiple rocket launcher manufactured by Israel Military Industries

Businesses and brands

  • Lynx Express (parcels) (or simply Lynx), a UK parcel carrier, now owned by UPS
  • Lynx Software Technologies, an American software company
  • Lynx Rifles, a Finnish manufacturer of handmade straight pull rifles
  • Yashica Lynx, a family of rangefinder cameras from the 1960s
  • Lynx (grooming product), a brand of deodorant known as Axe in some markets
  • Lynx, a brand of footwear owned by Colorado Group Limited

Computing

  • Lynx (protocol), a protocol for efficient transfer of files over modems
  • Lynx (web browser), a text-based web browser commonly used on Unix workstations
  • Lynx (programming language), a programming language for large distributed networks
  • Lynx Point, an Intel chipset
  • LynxOS, an operating system
  • Camputers Lynx, a British computer
  • Lynx, a family of HP AlphaServers

Gaming

  • Lynx (video game console), a handheld gaming console by Atari
  • Lynx, a character from the video game Chrono Cross
  • Lynx, a playable character from the gacha game Honkai: Star Rail
  • Lynx, a character and cosmetic from Fortnite: Battle Royale

People

  • Lynx Vaughan Gaede (born 1992), half of the American white nationalist folk teen duo Prussian Blue
  • The Lynx gang, a violent criminal gang based in Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • The Lynxes, a popular name for members of the Accademia dei Lincei, the first scientific society

Sports

Other uses

  • Armstrong Siddeley Lynx, an early aircraft engine
  • Lynx (mythology), in various mythologies
  • Lynx (comics), three fictional characters in the DC Comics universe
  • Lynx (magazine), a Japanese literary magazine published by Gentosha Comics every other month

See also

  • Luchs (disambiguation) - German term for lynx
  • Linx (disambiguation)
  • Link (disambiguation)
  • Lince (disambiguation)
  • Lync, an American band
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