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Fe•lis  (fē′lis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx. Cf. Panthera.
  • Neo-Latin (Linnaeus); Latin fēlis, fēlēs any of several small carnivores, including the wild cat

'Felis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cat - fell - lynx - ocelot - puma - rooikat - serval - species - tiger cat - wildcat - clouded leopard - cougar - felid - feline - flea - jaguarundi - little spotted cat - margay - panther - Panthera

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