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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Lynx used when naming stars, such as α Lyncis.
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“Hera is the third planet of 492 Lyncis, a class G-2 subdwarf star approximately twelve hundred and seventeen light-years from Earth,” Data said.
Infiltrator W.R. Thompson 1996
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