FELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feline mean? 

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

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

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

• FELINE (adjective)
  The adjective FELINE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to cats

  Familiarity information: FELINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FELINE (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 ("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)

• FELINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to cats

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

feline fur

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)

 Context examples 

A genus in the family Caliciviridae containing many species including feline calicivirus (CALICIVIRUS, FELINE), VESICULAR EXANTHEMA OF SWINE VIRUS, and San Miguel sea lion viruses.

(Calicivirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Strictly a feline disease, FIV cannot be transmitted to humans.

(Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The foot of a quadruped animal, including canines, felines, mice, rats, and bears.

(Paw, NCI Thesaurus)

H. haemoglobinophilus is a commensal organism of the reproductive tract in canines and felines.

(Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus, NCI Thesaurus)

Three of the tombs, which date back to the New Kingdom period and are between 3500 and 3000 years old, appear to have been used for feline burial as dozens of mummified moggies were discovered within, as well as wooden cat statutes and representations of the cat goddess Bast.

(Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover One-Of-A-Kind Tomb South of Cairo, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)