Definitions for Felis

Felis Fe·lis

Spelling: [fee-lis]
IPA: /ˈfi lɪs/

Felis is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Felis (efils).

Definitions for Felis

noun

  1. a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.

Origin of Felis

New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin fēlis, fēlēs any of several small carnivores, including the wild cat

Examples for Felis

The cougar (Felis concolor) is the only indigenous long-tailed cat in America north of the parallel of 30 degrees.

It does not appear that the true lions (Felis leo) had as yet entered Europe.

There is no need to sketch him; the species is as well known as that of the Felis domestica.

This is the Felis uncia, allied to the panther and the cheetah.

The jaguar (Felis onza) is found now and then on the summits of the barrancas.

No beast that roams seems to go more by luck than Felis leo.

But there is only one true representative of the genus Felis, and that is the animal in question.

Naturalists might assign it to the species "Tigris regalis," or "Felis pardus."

I am in possession of hydatids from the liver of a clouded tiger (Felis macroscelis).

The leopard (Felis pardus) is frequent in the warm regions and often ascends to considerable altitudes.

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