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