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

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – corresponding to Carnivora.
2. An unranked clade (mirorder) 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, →OCLC.