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feliform
English
Etymology
From Latin feles, felis (“cat”) + -form.
Adjective
feliform (comparative more feliform, superlative most feliform)
- Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.
Translations
Noun
feliform (plural feliforms)
- Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
- 2010, Anjali Goswami, 1: Introduction to Carnivora, Anjali Goswami, Anthony Friscia (editors), Carnivoran Evolution, page 7,
- However, when extinct genera are included, caniforms far outnumber feliforms, with 244 extinct caniform genera to 76 extinct feliform genera, if nimravids are included with feliforms (McKenna and Bell, 1997).
- 2011, Rebecca E. Fisher, 6: Red Panda Anatomy, Angela R. Glatston (editor), Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, page 96,
- This arrangement is also found in procyonids; however, in mustelids and feliforms, the artery and the nerve travel through the foramen [39].
- 2013, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, page 285,
- In feliforms, two bones (ectotympanic and entotympanic) unite to form the bullae with a septum separating the two resulting chambers. […] Palm civets are considered basal to all feliforms because they are genetically distinct from other feliforms and retain primitive auditory bullae lacking a septum (Flynn and Nedbal 1998).
- 2010, Anjali Goswami, 1: Introduction to Carnivora, Anjali Goswami, Anthony Friscia (editors), Carnivoran Evolution, page 7,
Anagrams
- life form, lifeform
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feline
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi?la?n/
- Rhymes: -i?la?n
Etymology 1
From Latin f?l?nus, from f?l?s (“wildcat, marten”).
Adjective
feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)
- Of or pertaining to cats.
- catlike (resembling a cat)
Synonyms
- catly
Translations
Etymology 2
Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin f?l?nus
Noun
feline (plural felines)
- (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:feline
Translations
Related terms
- feliform
- felis
- Felix
- felinity
- felinely
See also
- canine
- cattus
- Felidae
Anagrams
- feelin', nelfie
Italian
Adjective
feline
- feminine plural of felino
Anagrams
- fenile
Latin
Adjective
f?l?ne
- vocative masculine singular of f?l?nus
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fe?line]
Noun
feline f
- indefinite plural of felin?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of felin?
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