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proper noun

Felis n. (Zool.) A genus of mostly small carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, puma, ocelot, and margay, which share the inability to roar due to bone structure in the larynx. The lion, tiger, and other large roaring cats were once included in Felis but are now assigned to the genus Panthera. The lynx (Felis lynx) is also called Lynx lynx.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Felis" Quotes from Famous Books

... never saw an author in my life—saving, perhaps, one—that did not purr as audibly as a full-grown domestic cat, (Felis Catus, LINN.,) on having his fur smoothed in the right way by a ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes

Words linked to "Felis" : Felidae, caffer cat, wildcat, Felis catus, painter, European wildcat, Felis domesticus, leopard cat, Felis chaus, jaguarundi cat, serval, Pallas's cat, Felis pardalis, Felis serval, Felis manul, mammal genus, panther cat, house cat, margay cat, Ctenocephalides felis, Felis onca, cougar, Felis concolor, catamount, jaguarondi, puma, mountain lion, Felis silvestris, ocelot, Felis ocreata, family Felidae, catamountain, margay