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fe⋅rine

[feer-ahyn, -in]
–adjective
feral 1 .

Origin:
1530–40; < L ferīnus, equiv. to fer(a) a wild animal (n. use of fem. of ferus wild) + -īnus -ine 1
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fe·rine   (fîr'īn')   
adj.  Untamed; feral.

[Latin ferīnus, from fera, wild animal; see feral.]
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