ferine

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We killed some wild ferine creatures at the foot of these hills; but, except two things, like to nothing that we ever saw before, we met with nothing that was fit to eat.

From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel

In that moment, she was a throw-back of a million years, and through her veins fumed the ferine blood of her paleolithic forebears.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

There was a silence of some seconds, and his yellow ferine gaze met hers strangely.

From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The sort of ferine reputation which he had acquired for himself abroad prevented numbers, of course, of his countrymen, whom he would have most cordially welcomed, from seeking his acquaintance.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

"Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain."

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack