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adjective

belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.

catlike; characteristic of animals of the cat family: a feline tread.

sly, stealthy, or treacherous.

noun

an animal of the cat family.

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Origin:
1675–85; < Latin fēl(ēs) (see Felis) + -ine¹; compare Late Latin fēlīneus of a wild cat

Related forms

fe·line·ly, adverb

fe·line·ness, fe·lin·i·ty

[fi-lin-i-tee] , noun

un·fe·line, adjective

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Example Sentences

The woman was carrying the cat aboard her husband's vessel when the feline buried its teeth in her thumb.

It reminds me of a skunk or feline version of child beauty pageants contestants.

My rapacious feline is as irreligious as they come, and yet completely innocent.

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The woman was carrying the cat aboard her husband's vessel when the feline buried its teeth in her thumb.

It reminds me of a skunk or feline version of child beauty pageants contestants.

My rapacious feline is as irreligious as they come, and yet completely innocent.

That's because the genetic similarities between cats and people make the common feline a good model for medical studies.

Your dog knows in a sniff if you have been cavorting with the despised feline next door or fingering his favorite treats.

Thank you for your diligence for the preservation of one of the last large feline species.

Duplicating tweaked cats could someday allow scientists to conduct research on standardized feline models of human diseases.

The biggest trend in fall makeup is the fully lined, feline eye.

If you'd wear more of those slinky items, they wouldn't sit all folded up in the cabinet to attract the bald feline.

Cat fanciers have long known that their feline friends have wild origins.

Purring may provide a basis for this feline mythology.

In the hands of a gifted physical comic, this transformation from man to feline could be uproarious.

The feline mother initially nursed both babies, but one was too weak and died a few days later.

The domestic feline brain has been shrinking for thousands of years.

Scientists studied the physics of feline drinking.

Bulldozers are destroying feline habitats to make way for houses, stores, and other buildings.

The rodents pick up toxoplasma from feline droppings, thereby completing the circle for the parasite.

With the use of high-speed photography, the neatness of the feline solution has been captured.

House cats bred to resemble toy tigers are the latest feline fancy.

The argument is that canine kind is not going to generate a feline be it housecat, tiger, or cougar.

It continues with a trend report on the fully lined, feline eye, a look.

Like their feline namesakes, leopard seals are fierce predators.

Apparently the irradiation causes oxidants to form which then affect feline neurology, and also possibly destroys vitamins.

Vrinat with a feline smile, whether you are known to the house or not, and seated in a dressy dining room.

Until recently scientists thought the fossa, with its feline features, was a primitive kind of cat.

Kitt they also began to describe her in every feline term imaginable:.

He added that the fossa has a suite of feline traits, including retractable claws and a fearsome set of teeth.

Swanson attacks her role with the same feline energy that make her a star.

Not since the time of the sabertooth has a feline species gone extinct.

Now an international group of researchers has teased out the specimen's age and its place on the feline evolutionary tree.

But the good news may be obscuring serious threats to the country's iconic feline.

Despite their name, these rare primates have far more in common with their monkey relatives than any feline.

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World English Dictionary

feline (ˈfiːlaɪn)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or belonging to the Felidae, a family of predatory mammals, including cats, lions, leopards, and cheetahs, typically having a round head and retractile claws: order Carnivora (carnivores)
2.	resembling or suggestive of a cat, esp in stealth or grace

—n
3.	any animal belonging to the family Felidae; a cat

[C17: from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs cat]

'felinely

—*adv*

'felineness

—n

felinity

—n

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Word Origin & History

feline

1681, from L.L. felinus "of or belonging to a cat," from L. feles (gen. felis) "cat, wild cat, marten," of uncertain origin.

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feline (fē'līn') Pronunciation Key
Characteristic of or resembling felids.

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