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ferae naturae
[ fee-ree nuh-toor-ee, -tyoor-ee ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferae naturae1
1655–65; < Latin: literally, of a wild nature
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I characterized the Turks as almost 'ferae naturae.'
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A game farm, like a decoy for wild water-fowl, is treated as a trade or business; but a game preserve in which full-grown animals fly or run wild is subject to the ordinary incidents of the law as to animals ferae naturae.
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He didn’t mind any amount of chaff, and devoted himself to the pursuit of ferae naturae with a perseverance which was literally as laid down by the copy-books—its own reward.
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The most destructive of the ferae naturae, as regards human life, are, however, the snakes.
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It may be indubitable that orchids are ferae naturae.
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