feliform

Some feliforms (clockwise from bottom left): African palm civet, spotted hyena, fossa, leopard, stripe-necked mongoose, African civet

Meanings

Adjective

Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.

Noun

Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.

Origin

From Latin feles, felis + .

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