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# feline

«feline» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with cats or the cat family, which includes house…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (feline); noun (a feline, felines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with cats or the cat family, which includes house cats, lions, tigers, leopards and cheetahs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#m1)

2) Like a cat, graceful, quiet and smooth in the way you move, as in «feline grace». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#m2)

3) (noun) A cat or any animal of the cat family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, «felines» (the family Felidae) are meat-eating mammals with sharp claws and whiskers. Vets talk about «feline health». In stories, «feline» describes someone who moves quietly and gracefully, or has catlike eyes. Related word for dogs: «canine».

### examples

- Lions, tigers and house cats are all felines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x1)
- The vet specialises in feline illnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x2)
- She moved with feline grace across the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x3)
- The cheetah is the fastest feline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x4)
- My cat has a very feline way of ignoring me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x5)
- The feline eyes glowed in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/#x6)

### note

Said «FEE-line». Compare: «canine» (dogs), «equine» (horses), «bovine» (cows).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.