Ferae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ferae \Fe"r[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [L., wild animals, fem. pl. of
     ferus wild.] (Zool.)
     A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora,
     Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often
     restricted to the Carnivora.



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FERAE. Wild, savage, not tame.