felid

felid
noun
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
Syn: ↑feline
Derivationally related forms: ↑feline (for: ↑feline)
Hypernyms: ↑carnivore
Hyponyms: ↑cat, ↑true cat, ↑big cat
Member Holonyms: ↑Felidae, ↑family Felidae
Part Meronyms: ↑paw

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felid
(ˈfiːlɪd)
[ad. mod.L. fēlid-æ, f. fēles cat.]
One of the Felidæ or cat-tribe.

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