Both Uses of
feral
in
Oryx and Crake
- Pigoons were supposed to be tusk-free, but maybe they were reverting to type now they'd gone feral, a fast-forward process considering their rapid-maturity genes.†
p. 38.8
- They were supposed to eliminate feral cats, thus improving the almost non-existent songbird population.†
p. 164.0 *
Definition:
previously domesticated, but now living in the wild