Meaning & use

feral

adjective·Academic

Wild, especially having escaped from domestication and returned to a natural, untamed state.

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A colony of feral cats lived behind the abandoned warehouse for years.

The once-tame horses turned feral after being released into the open plains.

A note on using this word

Feral specifically describes animals that were once domesticated but now live wild, unlike wild, which can describe any untamed creature.

Words with a similar meaning

wilduntamed

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