ferine
Meanings
Plural: ferines
Adjective Satellite
- wild and menacing
Adj
- Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
- Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Noun
- A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 10
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