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    FAMILY FELIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Felidae; Felidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Felidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Felidae"):

    felid; feline (any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws)

    Felis; genus Felis (type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats)

    genus Lynx (lynxes)

    big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)

    genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)

    Acinonyx; genus Acinonyx (cheetahs)

    genus Smiledon; Smiledon (saber-toothed tigers)

    genus Nimravus; Nimravus (false sabertoothed tigers)

    Holonyms ("family Felidae" is a member of...):

    Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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