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feline
[ fee-lahyn ]
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.
feline
/ fɪˈlɪnɪtɪ; ˈfiːlaɪn /
adjective
- 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)
- resembling or suggestive of a cat, esp in stealth or grace
noun
- any animal belonging to the family Felidae ; a cat
feline
/ fē′līn′ /
- Characteristic of or resembling felids.
Derived Forms
- ˈfelineness, noun
- ˈfelinely, adverb
Other Words From
- feline·ly adverb
- feline·ness fe·lin·i·ty [fi-, lin, -i-tee], noun
- un·feline adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of feline1
Example Sentences
Released last year, you’ll be surprised just how wild things can get over a domestic feline.
Now preliminary research suggests that two experimental drugs that can cure that disease in cats, called feline infectious peritonitis, might help treat people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus behind the pandemic.
Cats can contract an almost always fatal disease that’s caused by a coronavirus that infects only felines.
The other cat drug, GS-441524, that has been effective against the feline coronavirus is similar to remdesivir.
The study also reported that in a test tube, GC376 can stop other coronaviruses besides the feline one.
The look accentuates her feline eyes and “really opens up them up,” she chirps.
We must get over this dovish thing, this lily-livered and feline urge to withdraw from battle.
With a new feline spot in London and one coming soon to San Francisco, now is the time for cat lovers.
Also check out www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/cat for more feline facts.
Greene's job is to literally cast all the feline models in the show.
Already she displayed those feline graces which nothing, not even captivity nor the sight of her dreadful scaffold, could lessen.
Who in the gutter caterwauls, squalls, mauls Some feline foe, and screams in shrill ill-will.
It is a little poem of everyday life, full of deep feeling and feline love.
It was a dreadful shock to feline nerves, no doubt, but that white kitten was no ordinary animal.
Besides, it is well-known what is said about the rights of the feline species in reference to royalty.
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