ferine

UK /ˈfɪəɹaɪn/ US /ˈfɪəɹaɪn/

adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

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) […]

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

noun

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

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adjective — wild and menacing

feral
savage

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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) […]

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