Lynx caracal vs lynx

Lynx caracal and lynx both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Lynx caracal	Yes	No	No	No
lynx	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lynx is a hypernym of Lynx caracal; that is, lynx is a word with a broader meaning than Lynx caracal:

Other hypernyms of Lynx caracal include catamount.

Lynx caracal (noun)	lynx (noun)
of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia	short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
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