FELINE
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)
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)
• FELINE (adjective)
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)
