Felis

Fe´lis

n.

1.

(Zool.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats genus Felis mammal genus - a genus of mammals family Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild catamountain, European wildcat, Felis silvestris - bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, puma, catamount, panther, painter - large American feline resembling a lion Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat - nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat - long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat caffer cat, Felis ocreata, kaffir cat - widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor Felis chaus, jungle cat - small Asiatic wildcat Felis serval, serval - slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat Felis bengalensis, leopard cat - small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia Felis tigrina, tiger cat - medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat - small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil Felis manul, manul, Pallas's cat - small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia