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FERAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does feral mean?
• FERAL (adjective)
The adjective FERAL has 1 sense:
1. wild and menacing
Familiarity information: FERAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild and menacing
Synonyms:
Context example:
a pack of feral dogs
Similar:
untamed; wild (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated)
Context examples
The mysterious night parrot, a nocturnal, ground-dwelling creature, was thought to have died out due to a loss of habitat, bushfires and attacks by feral cats.
(Aboriginal Rangers Find Evidence of One of Australia’s Rarest Birds, VOA)
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