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adj
Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: indomite, savage, tameless, feral, ferine, uplandish, untame, untamed, wild
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
wild and menacing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: feral, savage
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
