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feral

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feral1
(of animals and plants) existing in a wild or uncultivated state, esp after being domestic or cultivated

feral2 Archaic,
Astrology associated with death


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Moreover, the several above-named domesticated breeds have been transported to all parts of the world, and, therefore, some of them must have been carried back again into their native country; but not one has ever become wild or feral, though the dovecot-pigeon, which is the rock-pigeon in a very slightly altered state, has become feral in several places.
 
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