feliform — English Dictionary

Adjective

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.

   Synonyms

   feloid

   Broader terms

   mammalianvertebrateanimalian

   Examples

   Near-synonym: feloid (often synonymous)

Noun

1. Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.

   Synonyms

   feloid

   Broader terms

   mammalvertebrateanimalorganismcreature

   Examples

   Near-synonym: feloid (often synonymous)

   More examples (1)

   However, when extinct genera are included, caniforms far outnumber feliforms, with 244 extinct caniform genera to 76 extinct feliform genera, if nimravids are included with feliforms (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

   This arrangement is also found in procyonids; however, in mustelids and feliforms, the artery and the nerve travel through the foramen [39].

   More examples (1)

   In feliforms, two bones (ectotympanic and entotympanic) unite to form the bullae with a septum separating the two resulting chambers.[…]Palm civets are considered basal to all feliforms because they are genetically distinct from other feliforms and retain primitive auditory bullae lacking a septum (Flynn and Nedbal 1998).