felidæ

pl. [Lat. felis, feles (gen it. felis )= a cat, and fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] 1. Zool .: A family of Mammals, order Carnivora. tribe Digit i grad a. Head, short, round; jaws, short; teeth, incisor,, or they may be called, premolars, 1-1, molars, 1-1. Or by another arrangement preferred by Owen the premolars are called Practics,, and the molars 1-1. In all there are thirty teeth. The canines are long and large: it is with there was existent in Europe one species, Felis spelæa , which was, perhaps, not specifically distinct from the modern lion, F. leo . Fe-lix-i-an, s. [From Felix, bishop of Urgel.] Ch. Hist .: One of a religious sect in Spain in the eighth century who supported the teaching of the Adoptians. [ADOPT I AN.] fell, pret. of v. [FALL, υ.]