A felid is a member of Felidae.

By God! That chicken has no head!

At the hour appointed most of the brethren met at the house of the vartabed; but found no one there to accuse or oppose them. They now had considerable conversation with the vartabed, and gave him some wholesome advice.

The Muse, as embodiment of epicness, is throughout the Metamorphoses both desired and resisted.