feline

feline
    adj 1: of or relating to cats; "feline fur"
    n 1: any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals,
         many with retractile claws [syn: {feline}, {felid}]
    

Feline \Fe"line\, a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob.
   orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f['e]lin. See {Fetus}.]
   1. (Zool.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus {Felis}, or
      family {Felid[ae]}; as, the feline race; feline voracity.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a
      feline nature; feline manners.
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134 Moby Thesaurus words for "feline":
      Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Machiavellian, Machiavellic,
      Maltese cat, acute, alley cat, amphibian, aquatic, arch, artful,
      astute, back-door, backstairs, biped, blue cat, cagey, calico cat,
      canine, cannibal, canny, carnivore, cat, catlike, cattish, catty,
      clandestine, clever, cosmopolite, covert, crafty, cunning, cute,
      deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, felid, foxy,
      furtive, gib, gib-cat, gnawer, grimalkin, guileful, herbivore,
      hidlings, hole-and-corner, house cat, hugger-mugger, ingenious,
      insectivore, insidious, inventive, invertebrate, kit, kitling,
      kitten, kittenish, kitty, kitty-cat, knowing, leonine, lionlike,
      mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mouser, omnivore,
      pawky, politic, primate, privy, puss, pussy, pussycat, quadruped,
      quiet, ready, reptile, resourceful, rodent, ruminant, scavenger,
      scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, silver cat, skulking,
      slick, slinking, slinky, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaking,
      sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple,
      surreptitious, tabby, tabby cat, tactical, tiger cat, tigerish,
      tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
      under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
      underhand, underhanded, ungulate, unobtrusive, varmint, vermin,
      vertebrate, vulpine, wary, wily