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Feline

//ˈfiːlaɪn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to cats.

    "feline behaviour"

  2. 2
    catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.

    "feline character"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to cats wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A cat; member of the cat family Felidae. formal
  2. 2
    any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws wordnet
  3. 3
    Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae. formal

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).

Etymology 2

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus.

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