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ferae naturae

ferae naturae noun: undomesticated animals; wild beasts.

Noun

ferae naturae pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Undomesticated animals; wild beasts.
    • So soon as the coneys come on his neighbor's land he may kill them, for they are ferae naturae, and he who makes the coney-boroughs has no property in them, and he shall not be punished for the damage which the coneys do in which he has no property, and which the other may lawfully kill.1597, Decision in Boulston's case, as quoted in Ronald Coase, "The Problem of Social Cost", 1960
    • But I am not muzzled yet: they shall find me one of the feræ naturæ.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. IV, letter 71

ferae naturae meaning in Kannada

ferae naturae in Kannada

ಕ್ರೂರ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಪಳಗದ

Antonyms of ferae naturae

Forms of ferae naturae

alternative form (archaic)feræ naturæ

Origin of ferae naturae

From Latin ferus and natura, therefore meaning 'of a wild nature'.

Questions about ferae naturae

What does ferae naturae mean?
Ferae naturae means undomesticated animals; wild beasts.
What is ferae naturae in Kannada?
Ferae naturae in Kannada is ಕ್ರೂರ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಪಳಗದ. See Ferae naturae meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is ferae naturae?
Ferae naturae is a noun.

Words near ferae naturae in the dictionary

  1. FERA
  2. ferace
  3. feraces
  4. feracious
  5. feracity
  6. ferae naturae
  7. Feraferia
  8. Feraghan
  9. Feraghans
  10. Ferahan
  11. Ferahans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferae naturae (page history and authors); ferae naturae (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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