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6 dictionary results for: feline
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fe·line       [fee-lahyn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.
2.catlike; characteristic of animals of the cat family: a feline tread.
3.sly, stealthy, or treacherous.
–noun
4.an animal of the cat family.

[Origin: 1675–85; < L fél(és) (see felis) + -ine1; cf. LL félīneus of a wild cat]

fe·line·ly, adverb
fe·line·ness, fe·lin·i·ty       [fi-lin-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fe·line       (fē'līn')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or belonging to the family Felidae, which includes the lions, tigers, jaguars, and wild and domestic cats; felid.
  2. Suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness or stealthiness.

n.   An animal of the family Felidae.


[Latin fēlīnus or Late Latin fēlīneus, both from Latin fēlēs, cat.]

fe'line'ly adv., fe'line'ness, fe·lin'i·ty (fĭ-lĭn'ĭ-tē) n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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

adjective
1. of or relating to cats; "feline fur" 

noun
1. any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
feline       (fē'līn')  Pronunciation Key 
Characteristic of or resembling felids.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Feline

Fe"line\, a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f['e]lin. See Fetus.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felid[ae]; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners.

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