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fer·al

(fer'ăl),

1. Denoting an animal that is wild and untamed.

2. An animal that was domesticated or tamed and returned to the wild.

3. Pertaining to wild beasts.

[L. fera, wild beast]

feral

(fîr′əl, fĕr′-)

adj.

a. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication: a pack of feral dogs.

b. Existing in a wild or untamed state.

feral

(of plants and animals) existing in a wild state, outside human cultivation or habitation.

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