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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fe·ral1       [feer-uhl, fer-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
2.having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
3.of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < ML, LL ferālis bestial, wild, equiv. to L fer(a) wild beast + -ālis -al1]
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fe·ral2       [feer-uhl, fer-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.causing death; fatal.
2.funereal; gloomy.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L férālis of the dead, funerary, fatal]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fe·ral       (fîr'əl, fěr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Existing in a wild or untamed state.
    2. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
  1. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin.


[From Latin fera, wild animal, from ferus, wild; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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feral 
1604, from M.Fr. feral "wild," from L. fera, in phrase fera bestia "wild beast," from ferus "wild" (see fierce).

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feral

adjective
wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" 

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feral       (fîr'əl, fěr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
Existing in a wild or untamed state, either naturally or having returned to such a state from domestication.

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Feral

Fe"ral\, a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.

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Feral

Fe"ral\, a. [L. feralis, belonging to the dead.] Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." --Burton.

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feral

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