Feline

Adjective

 * Of, or pertaining to, the cat.
 * 1) catlike (resembling a cat)

Noun

 * 1) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:feline

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
From felinus:, from feles: 'wildcat, marten', from  ‘wildcat’ (compare Welsh bele: 'marten', Sanskrit bharuja 'jackal', Moldivian balu: 'dog').

Etymology 2
Substantive use of the adjective feline, from felinus:



Adjective

 * Catalan: felí
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Romanian: felin,
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: katik


 * Catalan: felí
 * Finnish: ,


 * Volapük: katasümik

Noun

 * Dutch: katachtige, felien
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: विडाल


 * Italian:
 * Romanian:

Related terms

 * feliform
 * felis
 * Felix
 * felinity
 * felinely

Adjective
feline



Anagrams

 * fenile