"feral cat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feral cats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feral cat (plural feral cats)
  1. (zoology) A domestic cat that has returned to or was born in a living situation without human care. Wikipedia link: feral cat Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: stray, stray cat, community cat [euphemistic], alley cat (english: urban contexts), barn cat (english: country contexts), farm cat (english: country contexts), wild cat (english: country contexts), wildcat (english: imprecise), estray (english: unknown owner) Translations (domesticated cat returned to the wild): 野貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 野猫 (yěmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), villiintynyt kissa (Finnish), villikissa (Finnish), chat haret [masculine] (French), Streunerkatze [feminine] (German), wilde Katze [feminine] (German), verwilderte Katze [feminine] (German), gatto randagio [masculine] (Italian), gatto selvatico [masculine] (Italian), 野良猫 (noraneko) (Japanese), 野猫 (noneko) (alt: のねこ) (Japanese), zdziczały kot [masculine] (Polish), dachowiec [masculine] (Polish), ди́кая ко́шка (díkaja kóška) [feminine] (Russian), gato asilvestrado [masculine] (Spanish), mèo hoang (Vietnamese), mèo mả (Vietnamese)

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