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feral

[feer-uhl, fer-] / ˈfɪər əl, ˈfɛr- /


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When, in 2014, Macquarie Island was finally cleared of rabbits, rats, mice and feral cats, which were killing 60,000 seabirds annually, populations rebounded to about 3.5 million seabirds of 13 species.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Instead, they come from a naturally mixed population in Southern California, often originating from feral colonies living in trees.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

"Here on Rathlin in 2017, a feral ferret reached one of our puffin colonies and killed 27 puffins in a two-day period," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

His first presidential campaign in 2016 was marked by a feral but highly developed gut instinct for what the public wanted, or at least what it thought it wanted.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Their features were vague through the gauze of her veil, but Nina glimpsed the tattoos on their forearms: a feral cat curled into a crown—the symbol of the Dime Lions.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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