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• In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline".From the entry before
• Fluffbutt let out a grunt as he shooed the feline to reclaim his seat.2016, Martin V. Schulte, edited by Amy Kushner Schulte, Genetic Drift, Schulte Books, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry fluffbutt
• A good example of the potential discrepancy between human and feline goals is onychectomy, or declawing.2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry onychectomy
• At mid-pregnancy, feline CLs require extraovarian luteotropic signals which most likely come from the placenta.2015 December 4, “Non-Invasive Pregnancy Diagnosis in Big Cats using the PGFM (13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF 2α ) Assay”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry extraovarian
• Now, in this first ever feline gospel, they retell 50 popular Bible stories in LOLspeak.2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, →ISBN. From the entry lolspeak
• Andrew's eyes blinked open as whiskers met his cheeks just before feline lips.2006, Kenneth Fox, Joined in Mind and Body, Kenneth Fox, →ISBN, page 230. From the entry shi
• Or, is it a cry of remorse after his feline instincts lead him to “monkeycide” then regret and self condemnation?2022 April 3, Bud Herron, “Cat’s bats about monkey”, in The Republic, Columbus, Ind., page B4. From the entry monkeycide
• But exactly how catnip—and a substitute, known as silver vine—produce this feline high has long been a mystery.2021 January 20, Sofia Moutinho, “Why cats are crazy for catnip”, in Science, Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement…. From the entry catnip
• The problem is that once the idea of the dead cat had been discovered, suddenly there were deceased felines everywhere.2019 November 19, Charlotte Lydia Riley, “Dear journalists: please stop calling everything a “dead cat””, in Prospect Magazine, archived…. From the entry dead cat
• "I for one welcome our new feline overlords."2009, Charles Stross, The Jennifer Morgue, page 239. From the entry overlord
• But the badly behaved pet is neither canine nor feline, and the magic is of the nonwizard kind.2007 July 19, Amy Virshup, “Newly Released”, in New York Times. From the entry nonwizard
• Spock the long-deceased feline who was named for Mr.2007, Duncan Steel, chapter 12, in Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar. From the entry Mr. Spock
• It took Cindy ten minutes to coax the horripilated feline from beneath a car, his trust in her utterly shattered.2005, Andrew Thomas Breslin, Mother’s Milk, Hoboken, N.J.: ENC Press, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry horripilated
• There's a feline swish to her figure. . . .1993 January 31, Robert Butler, “In the middle and on the edge: Zoe Wanamaker”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 05 Apr 2018. From the entry ski-jump nose
• Some members of the ensemble, apparently victims of gatophobia, leaped about the stage trying to avoid the feline intruder.1987 May 22, John Guinn, “Rossini was booed; ‘Barber’ endures”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 157, number 18, page 4B. From the entry gatophobia
• The fear of cats in certain monopsychoneurotic and psychopathic persons dates back to the beginning of the life of the feline.1906, Charles H. Hughes, “Psychoencephalonasthenia or Cerebrasthenia Simplex, and Psychoencephalonasthenia or Cerebrasthenia Insaniens”…. From the entry ailurophobia
• Adapted from the powerhouse Broadway hit, the translation from stage to screen becomes a wackadoodle and uncomfortable inquiry into feline humanoid hybridicity.2020, Molly Pennington, 100 worst dramas of all time, in: stacker, December 24 2020. From the entry hybridicity
• I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.2004, Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount, page 70. From the entry woman
• We stood before the Lord in the high-backed chair, and I saw that the wood figures of his regal throne were, of course, animalian, feline and diabolical.1999, Anne Rice, Vittorio the Vampire, Ballantine, published 2001, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry animalian
• Feline pesematology (from the Greek pesema, for “fall”), the science of falling cats, may not strike you initially as the stuff for which Nobel Prizes are won.1989 August, Jared Diamond, “How Cats Survive Falls from New York Skyscrapers”, in Natural History, page 20, column 2. From the entry felophile
• His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 228. From the entry sofa
• If she keeps the dog up, the garden is invaded night and day by an army of peregrinating feline marauders that scent the booty from afar.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry marauder
• Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry cataholic
• His gossiply (rather feline) letters, which have many often highly entertaining anecdotes about his friends and contemporaries, provide an invaluable guide to the manners and interests of the 18th century.2002, Rajni Sehgal, Dictionary Of English Literat., page 215. From the entry gossiply

Meaning of feline

1. adjective Of or pertaining to cats.
2. adjective Catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
3. noun A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.

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How do you use feline in a sentence?

Feline is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The tiger is a feline predator.”

What is a short sentence with feline?

“She moved with feline grace.”

What does feline mean?

Feline means of or pertaining to cats.