Aeluroidea

plural noun

Ae·​lu·​roi·​dea

ˌēl-(y)ə-ˈrȯi-dē-ə,

ˌel-yə-

: a superfamily of Carnivora comprising the cats, civets, hyenas, and related carnivorous mammals all distinguished from related forms by skull formations and by the absence or great reduction of the penis bone and Cowper's glands

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from aelur- + -oidea

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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