Ferae n. pl. (Zool.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.
... of barbarism are off, in full precipitation, for a place of refuge, if harbour or haven may be had. Or, as the same inspired bard elsewhere has it—"fugere ferae"—the wild beasts ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 • Various
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