Felis

noun

type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

• Syn: ↑genus Felis

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Felidae, ↑family Felidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus, ↑wildcat, ↑European wildcat, ↑catamountain, ↑Felis silvestris, ↑cougar, ↑puma, ↑catamount, ↑mountain lion, ↑painter, ↑panther, ↑Felis concolor, ↑ocelot, ↑panther cat, ↑Felis pardalis, ↑jaguarundi, ↑jaguarundi cat, ↑jaguarondi, ↑eyra, ↑Felis yagouaroundi, ↑kaffir cat, ↑caffer cat, ↑Felis ocreata, ↑jungle cat, ↑Felis chaus, ↑serval, ↑Felis serval, ↑leopard cat, ↑Felis bengalensis, ↑tiger cat, ↑Felis tigrina, ↑margay, ↑margay cat, ↑Felis wiedi, ↑manul, ↑Pallas's cat, ↑Felis manul

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\\ˈfēlə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin feles, felis cat

: the type genus of Felidae comprising the true or typical cats

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/fee"lis/, n.

a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx. Cf. Panthera.

[ < NL (Linnaeus); L felis, feles any of several small carnivores, including the wild cat]

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Fēˈlis noun

The cat genus, typical of the family Fēˈlidae and subfamily Fēlīˈnae

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Main Entry: ↑feline