Feline synonyms
fē'līn'
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sly (related)
(Dial.) Skillful or clever
The definition of a cat is any member of the family Felidae including lions, tigers and house cats.
Its fur
Like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
(Informal) Attractively sleek and revealing, as by being, variously, brief, contoured, gauzy, etc.
The definition of stealthy is a person or thing that is quiet and secretive.
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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Felinae "” the mountain lion and the jaguarundi.
(Place, proper) A N constellation between Auriga and Ursa Major
A house cat that has escaped from domestication
feliform
Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
(Now Rare) Skillful or clever
A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
(Heraldry) A lion in side view, having one forepaw raised and the head facing the observer.
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A large, powerful cat (Panthera leo), found in Africa and SW Asia, with a tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the adult male, a shaggy mane: in folklore and fable the lion is king of beasts
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
move (related)
So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation
ESFM (related)
Of or like a sneak; underhanded
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panleukopenia (related)
four-legged (related)
Slight, or slight but increasing
canine (related)
Done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky
felinx (related)
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