genus Felis

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcatsFelismammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigersdomestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Feliswildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wildcatamountain, European wildcat, Felis silvestris - bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic catcougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, puma, catamount, panther, painter - large American feline resembling a lionFelis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat - nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coateyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat - long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcatcaffer cat, Felis ocreata, kaffir cat - widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia MinorFelis chaus, jungle cat - small Asiatic wildcatFelis serval, serval - slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coatFelis bengalensis, leopard cat - small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and MalaysiaFelis tigrina, tiger cat - medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coatFelis wiedi, margay, margay cat - small spotted wildcat found from Texas to BrazilFelis manul, manul, Pallas's cat - small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia