FELID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does felid mean? 

• FELID (noun)
  The noun FELID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FELID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FELID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

felid; feline

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

carnivore (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal)

Meronyms (parts of "felid"):

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

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

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 ("felid" is a member of...):

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