Definitions for felids

felids fe·lid

Spelling: [fee-lid]
IPA: /ˈfi lɪd/

Felids is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in felids (defils).

Definitions for felids

noun

  1. any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.

Origin of felids

1890-95; New Latin Felidae; see Felis, -id2

Examples for felids

Amongst mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the felid and Canid.

felid, animals of the cat kind, a family of Carnivora in which the predaceous instincts reach their highest development.

I have already referred to several of the parasites of the cat-tribe (felid), but some others require notice.

In one year the felid alone consumed beef, mutton, and horseflesh to the value of 1,367.

Many writers at one time confounded these two felid, and even classified them with the Indian tiger.

His anatomical structure and general habits are those of the felid, but the fur is crisper.

In all the felid the opening of the eye changes most strikingly.

Many species of felid have bred in various menageries, although imported from various climates and closely confined.

In this country the most formidable of the felid is the American panther or puma (Felis concolor).

Word Value for felids
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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