feliform

---

Etymology

From , felis ("cat") + -form.

Adjective

feliform

1. 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

feliform (plural feliforms)

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

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002