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ferine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fēr′īn, -in)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fe•rine  (fēr′īn, -in),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Ecologyferal1.
  • Latin ferīnus, equivalent. to fer(a) a wild animal (noun, nominal use of feminine of ferus wild) + -īnus -ine1
  • 1530–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ferine /ˈfɪəraɪn/ adj
  1. another word for feral1, feral1
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ferīnus, of wild animals, from fera wild beast
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