feral 1
/fear"euhl, fer"-/ , adj.
1. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
2. having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
3. of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal.
[ 1595-1605; feralis bestial, wild, equiv. to L fer ( a ) wild beast + -alis -AL 1 ]
feral 2
/fear"euhl, fer"-/ , adj.
1. causing death; fatal.
2. funereal; gloomy.
[ 1615-25; feralis of the dead, funerary, fatal ]