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ferine

adj
/ˈfɪəɹaɪn/

Etymology

From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.

  1. derived from ferīnus

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to wild, menacing animals

    Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.

    • the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind) […]

  2. Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.

  3. A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA