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] (Zoöl.) A
group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora,
Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the
Carnivora.

||Fe"ræ na*tu"ræ (?). [L.] Of a wild
nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which
no one can claim property.

Fe"ral (?), a. [L. ferus. See
Fierce.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Wild; untamed;
ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.

Fe"ral, a. [L. feralis,
belonging to the dead.] Funereal; deadly; fatal;
dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." Burton.

Ferde (?), obs. imp. of
Fare. Chaucer.

||Fer`-de-lance" (?), n. [F., the iron
of a lance, lance head.] (Zoöl.) A large, venomous
serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West
Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

Fer"ding (?), n. [See Farthing.]
A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book.

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