genus felis
English Thesaurus
1. type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mammal genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of mammals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | domestic cat, felis catus, felis domesticus, house cat, |
| definition | : | any domesticated member of the genus Felis (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | wildcat, |
| definition | : | any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | catamountain, european wildcat, felis silvestris, |
| definition | : | bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | catamount, cougar, felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma, |
| definition | : | large American feline resembling a lion (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat, |
| definition | : | nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | eyra, felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, |
| definition | : | long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | caffer cat, felis ocreata, kaffir cat, |
| definition | : | widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis chaus, jungle cat, |
| definition | : | small Asiatic wildcat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis serval, serval, |
| definition | : | slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis bengalensis, leopard cat, |
| definition | : | small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis tigrina, tiger cat, |
| definition | : | medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis wiedi, margay, margay cat, |
| definition | : | small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | felis manul, manul, pallas's cat, |
| definition | : | small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family felidae, felidae, |
| definition | : | cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers (noun.animal) |
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