Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

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More definitions
  • any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

Translations

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By meaning 1
member of Felidae:

Origin

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, feline + -id.

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Forms

plural: felids
Singularfelid
Pluralfelids

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws:feline

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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