'Feline' definitions:
Definition of 'feline'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to cats; "feline fur"
noun
Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws [syn: feline, felid]
Definition of 'Feline'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'feline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Cheshire cat,
- Chinchilla cat,
- 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,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- Maltese cat,
- 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