Synonyms for feline
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fee-lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi laɪn |
Définition of feline
Origin :- 1680s, from Late Latin felinus "of or belonging to a cat," from Latin feles (genitive felis) "cat, wild cat, marten," of uncertain origin. As a noun, from 1861.
- noun cat
- It is running like the feline it is, and I am being as careful as I can.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She scorned that, with a youthful scorn, the feline domination of Esther.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- With feline undulations of hip and shoulder, the secretary left the room at once.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- Amid all his tasks he moved with a sort of feline restlessness.
- Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
- Perhaps there was in her something of the feline; the instinct of the cat to gambol with its prey.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- He could protrude a feline set of claws from his velvet glove.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- Brahms, so it is said, was an avowed enemy of the feline tribe.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- In every involuntary movement and gesture there was something that suggested the feline.
- Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
- Part of the monster that lay by instinct in all feline creatures.
- Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw
- Then the claws that were its hands raked the surgeon's throat in a feline rage.
- Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw
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