wild animal
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- noun
- /waɪld ˈænɪməl/
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animal salvaje
- Even across generations back, this is a wild animal that has never been tarnished by human pollution of any kind.
- domestic and wild animals
- hunt wild animals
- contact with wild animals
And ethology is the study of wild animals in their natural environments.
- And ethology is the study of wild animals in their natural environments.
- Apparently this is a pet or a wild animal that we have in Montana.
- And Seneca says no, no, wild animals aren't really angry at all.
- Now, in terms of a treatment, it's difficult to envision wild animals undergoing cancer therapy.
- I had a life changing experience with a wild animal.
- But being attacked by a wild animal because, you know, he is he at this point, he's wild.
- But you know, again, thousands of years ago, a dog or a cat was a wild animal.
- Well, for some reason, we spend a huge amount of time on the law of wild animals.
- They actually use baits that have a rabies vaccine in them to normally suppress rabies and wild animal populations.
- And here's the other thing, when you're planting all of these fields to feed people, you're also displacing animals like wild animals like bison.
- So it was a a moment of, of real connection between me and an absolutely wild animal who'd had no connection with people before.
Examples
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It's important to respect wild animals in their natural habitat to ensure their safety and well-being.
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So it was a a moment of, of real connection between me and an absolutely wild animal who'd had no connection with people before.
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You can actually have this relationship with a wild animal... and it's amazing.
Academic text (2009) -
As always, there were many wild animals from more places than Africa.
Academic text (1995) -
More than 90% of rabies cases in the United States are in wild animals.
Academic text (2012) -
Think of the many endangered wild animal species that Martha's place can save from extinction.
Fiction book (2002) -
Human beings lived like wild animals without villages, houses, and cultivated fields.
Academic text (2007) -
As pastoralists, the Maasai do not regularly hunt wild animals for food or sale.
Academic text (1996) -
When camping in the forest, we often encountered a variety of wild animals roaming freely.
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The park offers guided tours where visitors can observe wild animals in their natural environments.
Synonyms
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Animals, birds, and plants that live in nature and are not pets
Antonyms
- Specialized
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An animal people keep and breed to live with them or help them
How Dangerous
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an animal that lives in its natural environment and is not domesticated' is directly derived from combining 'wild' (not tamed) with 'animal' (a living creature). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The noun wild animal shows the picture of an animal living in the wild, outside homes or farms. Because these animals are not tamed or kept by people, wild animal means 'an animal that lives in its natural environment and is not domesticated'.