ferine.
Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
Meaning & usage
Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
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