Translingual

Proper noun

Feloidea

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – the civets, cats, mongooses and hyenas.

Synonyms

• Feliformia

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Felidae, Hyaenidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, Eupleridae, Eupleridae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae - extant families
  • †Barbourofelidae, †Nimravidae, †Percrocutidae, †Stenoplesictidae - extinct families