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fe·lid

(fē′lĭd)

adj.

Feline.

[From New Latin Fēlidae, family name, from Fēlis, type genus, from Latin fēlēs, cat.]

fe′lid n.

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felid

(ˈfiːlɪd)

(Animals) any animal belonging to the cat family

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fe•line

(ˈfi laɪn)

adj.

1. belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.

2. catlike; characteristic of animals of the cat family: feline agility.

3. sly, stealthy, or treacherous.

4. an animal of the cat family; cat.

[1675–85; < Latin fēl(ēs) (see felid) + -ine¹; compare Late Latin fēlīneus of a wild cat]

fe′line•ly, adv.

fe′line•ness, fe•lin•i•ty (fɪˈlɪn ɪ ti) n.

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Noun

felid - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

feline

carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"

family Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

cat, true cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

big cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

paw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

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