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The definition of feral is something or someone in a wild state or resembling a wild animal.
(adjective)An example of something that would be described as feral is an undomesticated cat that scratches and claws if you come near it.
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See feral in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- untamed; wild
- having returned to a wild condition
- savage; fierce
Origin: ML feralis < L fera, wild animal < ferus, fierce + -al
See feral in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- a. Existing in a wild or untamed state.b. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
- Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin.
Origin:
Origin: From Latin fera, wild animal
Origin: , from ferus, wild; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots
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