feral
adjective/ˈferəl/
/ˈferəl/
- (of animals) living wild, especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
- feral cats
- (figurative) He looked at me with a feral grin (= like a wild animal).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFeral is used with these nouns:- animal
- cat
- dog
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin fera ‘wild animal’ (from ferus ‘wild’) + -al.
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