feline的词源

英文词源

feline (adj.)

"cat-like," 1680s, from Late Latin felinus "of or belonging to a cat," from Latin feles (genitive felis) "cat, wild cat, marten," which is of uncertain origin. Hence Modern Latin Felis, the cat genus. As a noun, "a feline animal" (popularly "a domestic cat") from 1861.

中文词源

feline：猫的

来自拉丁语feles, 野猫。用来猫学名。

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