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Felids | Felid

Felids meaning

plural of felid

Using Felids

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of felid
  • In the example corpus, felids often appears in combinations such as: felids and, felids with, felids are.

Context around Felids

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feliforms 1× wild 1× true 1× skull 1× living 1×

Often after:

nimravids 1× researchers 1× possess 1× appear 1× larger 1× instead 1× tend 1× share 1×

Sentence patterns with Felids

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

among living felids with a 1× among the felids the visual 1× and where felids nimravids and 1× evidence that felids have been 1× felids also have 1× felids are generally 1× felids possess highly 1× however felids appear to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

among the felids 1× cats are similar 1× felids also have 1× felids are generally 1× felids possess highly 1× however felids appear 1×

Common sentence endings:

comparison with humans 1× creodonts are found 1× felids and viverrids 1× felids researchers say 1× for 26 years 1× in north america 1×

Words around Felids

Just before it in the word index:

felidae 4 felid 4 felicity 140 felicitous 6 felicite 2 felicitations 9

Just after it in the word index:

feliforms 5 feliks 2 felin 6 felina 3 feline 150 felines 57

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Felids

  • In this selection, "felids" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feliforms, wild, true, nimravids, researchers and possess stand out and add context to how "felids" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include among living felids with a and among the felids the visual. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "felids" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with felids

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Felids are generally secretive animals, often nocturnal, and live in relatively inaccessible habitats. (13 words)

However, felids appear to have relatively poor color vision in comparison with humans. (13 words)

Among the felids, the visual streak is most concentrated and efficient in the cheetah. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Felids also have a highly developed sense of smell, although not to the degree seen in canids ; this is further supplemented by the presence of a vomeronasal organ in the roof of the mouth, allowing the animal to "taste" the air. (41 words)

The tiger also has fairly stout teeth; the somewhat curved canines are the longest among living felids with a crown height of up to convert. citation The oldest recorded captive tiger lived for 26 years. (35 words)

However, there have been anecdotal reports of felids larger than the cheetah but smaller than the lion, with a lion-like face, from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. (31 words)

Example sentences (18)

Hypercarnivore feliforms (felids and nimravids) occupied an area that canids did not and where felids, nimravids, and hypercarnivorous creodonts are found.

The pathogens identified in this study did not appear to cause illness in the snow leopards in the short term, but have caused illness in other wild felids, researchers say.

Among the felids, the visual streak is most concentrated and efficient in the cheetah.

Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with a strong, flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey.

Felids also have a highly developed sense of smell, although not to the degree seen in canids ; this is further supplemented by the presence of a vomeronasal organ in the roof of the mouth, allowing the animal to "taste" the air.

Felids are generally secretive animals, often nocturnal, and live in relatively inaccessible habitats.

Felids possess highly sensitive whiskers set deep within the skin, which provide the cat with sensory information about the slightest air movement around it.

However, felids appear to have relatively poor color vision in comparison with humans.

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However, there have been anecdotal reports of felids larger than the cheetah but smaller than the lion, with a lion-like face, from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

Hyenas have an additional pair of ribs than canids, and their tongues are rough like those of felids and viverrids.

Most felids are unable to taste sweetness due to a mutated gene in their taste buds.

Other studies indicate that the barbourofelids form a separate family, which is closely related to the true felids instead of being related to the nimravids.

Physical appearance Skull of the machairodontine Smilodon (reconstruction) Lion skull Felids tend to have lithe and flexible bodies with muscular limbs.

The head is robust and the jaw extremely powerful, it has the third highest bite force of all felids, after the lion and tiger.

The hypercarnivorous (strictly meat-eating) nimravid feliforms were extinct in North America after 26 mya and felids did not arrive in North America until the early middle Miocene (16 mya).

There is fossil evidence that felids have been more successful than canids in North America.

The tiger also has fairly stout teeth; the somewhat curved canines are the longest among living felids with a crown height of up to convert. citation The oldest recorded captive tiger lived for 26 years.

Vocalisations All felids share a broadly similar set of vocalisations, but with some variation between species.

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Common combinations with felids

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "felids" in a sentence?
An example: "Hypercarnivore feliforms (felids and nimravids) occupied an area that canids did not and where felids, nimravids, and hypercarnivorous creodonts are found." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "felids" from authentic English texts.
What does "felids" mean?
Felids means: plural of felid
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