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Meanings of feral in English

Russian
бродячие животные
Portuguese
assilvestrado
Spanish
cimarron
Catalan
feral

Formerly domestic animals which survive in the wild.

        бродячие животные

        Wild and menacing.

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              Usage of feral in English
              1
              Now, many people are saying hundreds, hundreds of thousands of feral cats.
              The new yorker
              2
              Pure-bred wildcats are under threat from interbreeding with domestic and feral animals.
              BBC
              3
              They are wild and yet they do not behave like feral animals.
              The Irish Times
              4
              Um, well, first I guess I got a problem with feral hogs.
              Flesh Eaters
              5
              Two positive cases were detected, one each from feral and domestic individuals.
              Pubmed
              6
              Farm animals became feral, while people died in droves in the fields.
              Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
              7
              Another feral cat dashed across the screen in the last few days.
              Radio NZ
              8
              There was something involuntary, even feral, about the way she held herself.
              Lowboy
              9
              Something feral and far too real, the scent of leopard, of pard.
              Narcissus in Chains
              10
              More soldiers shuffled forward, quailing before Roran's feral grin and stabbing spear.
              Brisingr
              11
              Rue took position, gave them a feral smile, which the decklings appreciated.
              Imprudence
              12
              With a feral grimace at Ethon, she returned her attention to Sam.
              No mercy
              13
              It could be even more fiercely pragmatic when you add feral intelligence.
              Existence
              14
              And of course you all know what we do to feral dogs.
              Fire With Fire
              15
              Some of the feral cats they have caught weigh almost eight kilograms.
              Radio NZ
              16
              On the road the younger brother looked thin as his shadow, feral.
              Anil's ghost
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              New Zealand
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common