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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
feline
I.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A feline grin spread over his face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He kept silent, a feline grin spreading across his face.
▪ I hear the thump of the cat flap as Cat O'Fun tumbles through it without the feline grace of his fellows.
▪ It is hard, at first, to make any sense out of the reports that exist in the feline literature.
▪ She heard the prebendary's cat from next door weeping in feline fright.
▪ She held her head proudly and, even before she moved, conveyed a feline quality of grace and languor.
▪ Since competitive cat shows began, there has been a third selection pressure operating on feline coat colours - that of purification.
▪ Yet we are always doing this, because we so like to enjoy contemplating the beauty of our feline companions.
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A spitting, scratching, panic-stricken wild feline would have been the last kind of boat-companion they would have wanted.
▪ C., is one smart, scrappy feline.
▪ One of the greatest hazards for today's free-roaming feline is the use of rodent poisons.
▪ Our house feline has taught you two valuable lessons.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feline

Feline \Fe"line\, a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f['e]lin. See Fetus.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felid[ae]; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

  2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
feline

"cat-like," 1680s, from Late Latin felinus "of or belonging to a cat," from Latin feles (genitive felis) "cat, wild cat, marten," which is of uncertain origin. Hence Modern Latin Felis, the cat genus. As a noun, "a feline animal" (popularly "a domestic cat") from 1861.

Wiktionary
feline

Etymology 1 a. 1 Of, or pertaining to, the cat. 2 catlike (resembling a cat) Etymology 2

n. (cx lang=en formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.

WordNet
feline
  1. adj. of or relating to cats; "feline fur"

  2. n. any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws [syn: felid]

Wikipedia
Feline

Feline may refer to:

Feline (The Stranglers album)

Feline is the seventh studio album by The Stranglers and was released in January 1983 (on the Epic record label in the United Kingdom). The first edition came with a free one-sided 7" single "Aural Sculpture Manifesto". Feline drew heavily on two of the dominant musical influences in Europe of the time, by using primarily acoustic guitars and electronic drums as well as Dave Greenfield's synthesizers. The American edition of the album included the British hit single " Golden Brown" as the closing track on side one of the original vinyl (and the fifth song in on the CD version).

Feline peaked higher than their earlier studio album release, La Folie, reaching No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart.

There were three singles released from Feline - The first was "European Female" which reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1983, and was followed by a remixed 7" version of "Midnight Summer Dream" in March (which peaked at No. 35 in the UK). The third and final single released was "Paradise" (released in July 1983) which reached No. 48.

Feline (band)

Feline were an English rock group formed in London, in 1995. They formed from the remnants of a few earlier underground bands such as Flinch and Miranda Sex Garden. Like most female-fronted rock groups of that era in popular music, they were likened to more mainstream acts such as Garbage, and The Cardigans.

Lead-singer Grog Prebble would never define Feline's music any more than acknowledging those dark elements within it, but admitteed to some influences such as Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, and The Pixies. A classically trained pianist, Grog wrote the bulk of Feline's material; some of the songs she recorded with Feline were written by her prior to the band's formation.

Generally getting good write-ups in the rock press, such as NME and Kerrang!, they released a number of singles, a limited release album and a single full-length album between 1997 and 1998 but were not successful. Their record label dropped them in 1999 as part of a company-wide roster clear out, and they split, with several members moving onto form Ultraviolet, and then, the relatively more successful Die So Fluid.

Feline (comics)

Feline is a fictional character from the Malibu comics line. She first appeared in Malibu Comics' Freex #10 (1994), as a member of the Academy of the New Elite, an organization created by Contrary to teach young Ultras to use their powers. She also appears in the Godwheel series.

Feline (Ella Eyre album)

Feline is the debut studio album by English recording artist Ella Eyre. It was released on 28 August 2015 through Virgin EMI Records. The album was produced by Jarrad Rogers, Ilya, Oscar Görres, Alexander Kronlund, DJ Fresh and Sigma. It was preceded by the UK top-twenty singles " If I Go", " Comeback" and " Together.

Usage examples of "feline".

Taniquel, and behind her, the feline and arrogant Auster, the thickset, urbane man who had introduced himself as Kennard.

Linked to the felines or linked with the fish, you should be able to feel a biochip within a dozen meters.

Feline intuition told her that the meeting between the particularly stupid human, Cycler Jhonni, and this particularly miserable human, Endang, held promise in terms of the downfall of her enemy Derveet.

But the geriatric feline that now emerged from a clump of something odorous beneath the cryptomeria had snow all over his hairy eaves.

Your cat may be the acknowledged lightweight champion of his district--a Griffo of the feline ring!

But Omar, Harad, Beth and the uncanny black feline, Familiar, had rounded up the men responsible for trying to injure Beth and to steal her research.

The irony of this situation is that Ouzo IS a menace to society, and he delights in chasing my fellow felines up trees.

She ran a finger across a feline statue carved from Ithorian toal wood, then gently brushed her hands against each other to rid her finger of dust.

Nodon yowled and spat a primal feline sound and thrust the blaster rifle toward it like a blunt spear, punching the attacking monster below the sternum.

Vincey and his cat came in together, the great brindled feline leashed and walking beside his master like .

Sure enough, it was a hound cat, the common local guard pet, a pleasing cross between canine and feline that suited the Macho mode.

While neither ocelot nor margay it was as indubitably feline as its presence was puzzling.

He was well aware that Shanna, confronted with force, would rally to meet it with all the energies of an outraged feline and would not yield short of exhaustion.

The sennit from the canoes and the sennit from the storehouse writhed together in one monstrous, irretrievably snarled up monument to the infinite feline capacity for disorder.

It could be simply a feline utterance, but it strikes me more as the way a Bodarks man would render a negative.