ferine

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
2. (obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.

Noun

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

Concepten

ruw

wild

wreed

Synoniemen

feral

savage

fierce

wild

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfɪəɹaɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.