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FELINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

Synonyms:

felid; feline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("feline" is a kind of...):

carnivore (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal)

Meronyms (parts of "feline"):

paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feline"):

cat; true cat (feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats)

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

Holonyms ("feline" is a member of...):

family Felidae; Felidae (cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)

Derivation:

feline (of or relating to cats)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to cats

Example:

feline fur

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cat (feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats)

Derivation:

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

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