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noun
Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: feline, cat, felid
Antonyms: nonfelid
Broader terms: feloid, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: feline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carnivore
Narrower terms: cat, true cat, big cat
History
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, feline + -id.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
