Definition of feral

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< FERA

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fe·ral    (fîrl, fr-) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. 1. Existing in a wild or untamed state.
   2. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
2. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fera, wild animal, from ferus, wild; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots

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