felid

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.

Synonyms

feline

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