"feliform" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more feliform [comparative], most feliform [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin feles, felis (“cat”) + -form. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|feles}} Latin feles, {{affix|en|-form}} -form Head templates: {{en-adj}} feliform (comparative more feliform, superlative most 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. Categories (lifeform): Carnivores Translations (resembling cat): kissamainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feliform-en-adj-ImLFO1GC Disambiguation of Carnivores: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -form, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -form: 67 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26

Noun [English]

Forms: feliforms [plural]
Etymology: From Latin feles, felis (“cat”) + -form. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|feles}} Latin feles, {{affix|en|-form}} -form Head templates: {{en-noun}} feliform (plural feliforms)
  1. Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
    Sense id: en-feliform-en-noun-RLgQbODY

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