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adjective
- 1. (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication: "a feral cat" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a person with an unconventional appearance and lifestyle, and anti-establishment views: derogatory Australian "we expected bearded ferals chaining themselves to trees in protest"
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The meaning of FERAL is of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast. How to use feral in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Feral.
FERAL definition: 1. existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people…. Learn more.
adjective. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild. having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
Feral bull in Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela Feral horses in Oregon Soay sheep in St Kilda, Scotland A feral (from Latin fera 'a wild beast') animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.
If you describe something or someone as feral, you mean that they seem wild, fierce, and uncontrolled. [ literary ] ...the prowling, feral guitars underpinned by metronomic drum beats.
FERAL meaning: 1. existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people…. Learn more.
Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral .
Define feral. feral synonyms, feral pronunciation, feral translation, English dictionary definition of feral. adj. 1. a. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication: a pack of feral dogs. b. Existing in a wild or untamed state. 2. Of or suggestive of a...
Definition of feral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Seedling plants from the cultivated vines often produce unisexual flowers, thus reverting to the feral type. As for the four-legged ones, they're actually feral hogs – descendents of early livestock that went wild.
