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felid

fe·lid

UK/ˈfiːlɪd/ US/ˈfilɪd/ uncommon

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any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws

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By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, feline + -id.

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