Feline

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Feline \Fe"line\, a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob.
     orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f['e]lin. See {Fetus}.]
     1. (Zool.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus {Felis}, or
        family {Felid[ae]}; as, the feline race; feline voracity.
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     2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a
        feline nature; feline manners.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feline
       adj : of or relating to cats; "feline fur"
       n : any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals
           many with retractile claws [syn: {felid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "feline":
     Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Machiavellian, Machiavellic,
     Maltese cat, acute, alley cat, amphibian, aquatic, arch, artful,
     astute, back-door, backstairs, biped, blue cat, cagey, calico cat,
     canine, cannibal, canny, carnivore, cat, catlike, cattish, catty,
     clandestine, clever, cosmopolite, covert, crafty, cunning, cute,
     deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, felid, foxy,
     furtive, gib, gib-cat, gnawer, grimalkin, guileful, herbivore,
     hidlings, hole-and-corner, house cat, hugger-mugger, ingenious,
     insectivore, insidious, inventive, invertebrate, kit, kitling,
     kitten, kittenish, kitty, kitty-cat, knowing, leonine, lionlike,
     mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mouser, omnivore,
     pawky, politic, primate, privy, puss, pussy, pussycat, quadruped,
     quiet, ready, reptile, resourceful, rodent, ruminant, scavenger,
     scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, silver cat, skulking,
     slick, slinking, slinky, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaking,
     sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple,
     surreptitious, tabby, tabby cat, tactical, tiger cat, tigerish,
     tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
     underhand, underhanded, ungulate, unobtrusive, varmint, vermin,
     vertebrate, vulpine, wary, wily