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FAMILY FELIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
Synonyms:
family Felidae; Felidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Felidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Felidae"):
felid; feline (any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws)
Felis; genus Felis (type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats)
genus Lynx (lynxes)
big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)
genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)
Acinonyx; genus Acinonyx (cheetahs)
genus Smiledon; Smiledon (saber-toothed tigers)
genus Nimravus; Nimravus (false sabertoothed tigers)
Holonyms ("family Felidae" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)