Feral vs. Ferine — What's the Difference?

A feral animal or plant (from Latin: fera, 'a wild beast') is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated specimens. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in some cases, contributed to extinction of indigenous species.

Untamed; feral.

Having returned to an untamed state from domestication

Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.

Existing in a wild or untamed state.

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

Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage

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

Wild, untamed.

Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.

Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals.

Wild and menacing;

(of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.

Deadly, fatal.

Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.

A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.

A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.

A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)

Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; - said of beasts, birds, and plants.

Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.

Wild and menacing;