feræ

pl. [Lat.] Zool.: The name given by Linnæus to one of his orders of Mammal i a. He included under it the genera Phoca, Canis, Felis, Viverra, Mustela, Ursus, Didelphis, Talpa, Sorex, and Erinaceus. These are now divided among the orders Carnivora, Marsupial i a, and Insect i vor a. feræ naturæ, phrase . Of a wild nature or state. (Applied, in law, to animals living in a wild state, as deer, hares, pheasants, ., as distinguished from animals which are domesticated, as the cow, fowls, .) Property in animals feræ naturæ , is only qualified, not absolute. fër-al (1), a . [Lat. fer (a) (sc. bestia )=a wild beast: -al .] Relating to or in any manner connected with the genera enumerated under Fere (q. v.). *fër-al (2), α. [Lat. feral is ; Fr. féral ; Ital. feralo .] 1. Pertaining to funerals; funereal. 2. Fatal, deadly.