ˌēl(y)əˈrȯidēə, ˌelyə- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from aelur- + -oidea
: a superfamily of Carnivora comprising the cats, civets, hyenas, and related carnivorous mammals all distinguished from related forms by skull formations and by the absence or great reduction of the penis bone and Cowper's glands