wildlife
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wildlife (uncountable)
- Animals, plants, and fungi, not normally domesticated, often to the exclusion of plants, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates, and microscopic plants and animals; hence:
- This town offers wildlife tours where you can go and watch the bears, deer, wild rabbits and other creatures in their natural habitats.
- (in particular) Wild animals (especially to the exclusion of fish).
- (slang) Members of a college fraternity
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animals and plants in their natural environment
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animals (without plants)
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Further reading[edit]
- “wildlife”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Definitions and Acronyms”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], Department of Ecology State of Washington, 2011 April 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 April 2011
- “Regulation definitions”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 2011 April 28 (last accessed)
- “Glossary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, 2011 April 28 (last accessed)
- “Wetlands Discovery Program Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], Santa Clara Valley Audubon society, 2011 April 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 November 2007