Lynx pardina vs lynx

Lynx pardina and lynx both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of Lynx pardina include catamount.

Lynx pardina (noun)	lynx (noun)
of southern Europe	short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
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