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To: Fawn
Apparently you did not recognize that I was being sarcastic with you first. I just looked the words feral and stray up in my dictionary and the mean exactly what I said they mean. feral means wild and stray means homeless.
270 posted on 04/15/2007 5:34:50 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter
Yes...that is what I found. My cat was indeed feral....

fe·ral1 /ˈfɪərəl, ˈfɛr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[feer-uhl, fer-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
2. having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods.
3. of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal.

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wild /waɪld/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[wahyld] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -er, -est, adverb, noun
–adjective 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.

276 posted on 04/16/2007 5:32:43 AM PDT by Fawn (http://www.hartzvictims.org/)
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