FELIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

Synonyms:

family Felidae; Felidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Felidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Felidae" is a member of...):

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)