FELIS


Meaning of FELIS in English

/fee"lis/ , n.

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 .

[ felis, feles any of several small carnivores, including the wild cat ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .