felid
2 synonyms for felid, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Any animal belonging to the cat family.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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.
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