lucifee, lucivee Canada and local U.S.
(ˈluːsɪfiː, -viː)
[Corruption of loup-cervier.]
The Canadian lynx.
| 1823 Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 371 When in New Brunswick I saw the great wild grey cat, which is there called a Lucifee. 1902 Webster Suppl., Lucivee. |