feline

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In fact, many of my friends and colleagues refer to OS X versions by their feline names.

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any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

adjective

of or relating to cats; "feline fur"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for feline.

noun

any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

adjective

of or relating to cats; "feline fur"

Example sentences

In fact, many of my friends and colleagues refer to OS X versions by their feline names.

Why is a cat friendly towards human visitors, yet hostile towards feline ones?

People are disgusting enough as it is, complicating it with canine/feline borne vectors doesn't help.

Hint: it's an adjective, like feline, except descriptive of a different species of animal.

I've often wondered if I'd be willing to drink "ensure" for 240 years, much as serving meow mix to a cat seems to result in a extremely long feline lifetime.

So far our own scientific analysis has been interrupted by near constant feline requests for attention, food or having to clean a little more than 'normal'.

If identifying the brain region or drug that produces the sensation of identity counts as discovering the essence of identity, does identifying the brain region or drug that produces the illusion of being a cat count as discovering the essence of feline nature?

Would the illusion provide us with accurate rules to distinguish felines from other animals?This is exactly the kind of equivocation that contemporary philosophers complain about nearly every time an arrogant scientist announces the end of philosophy.