felid

fe·lid

F0071300 (fē′lĭd)adj. Feline.

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

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fe′lid n.

felid

(ˈfiːlɪd) n (Animals) any animal belonging to the cat family

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. n. 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.

Thesaurus

Noun

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felid - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile clawsfelinecarnivore - 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 tigerscat, true cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcatsbig cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wildpaw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped