Ferae

See also: ferae and -ferae

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin ferae (“wild, savage”), originally coined in its now obsolete sense by Carl Linnaeus.

Proper noun

Ferae

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – corresponding to Carnivora.
An unranked clade uniting the orders Carnivora and Pholidota.

Synonyms

(clade of Carnivora and Pholidota): Ostentoria (neologism)

Further reading

Ferae in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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