felid
The origin and history of felid.
Etymology
By surface analysis, this comes from treating Felid(ae) as a common name by dropping -ae (a pattern seen with many -idae names); by surface analysis it can also be seen as feline plus -id.
The origin and history of felid.
By surface analysis, this comes from treating Felid(ae) as a common name by dropping -ae (a pattern seen with many -idae names); by surface analysis it can also be seen as feline plus -id.
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