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bushmeat

bushmeat noun: any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.

Noun

bushmeat (usually uncountable, plural bushmeats)

  1. (usually) Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.

Forms of bushmeat

pluralbushmeats

Origin of bushmeat

From bush + meat, as a calque of French viande de brousse.

Questions about bushmeat

What does bushmeat mean?
Bushmeat means any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
What part of speech is bushmeat?
Bushmeat is a noun.
What is the plural of bushmeat?
The plural of bushmeat is bushmeats.

Words near bushmeat in the dictionary

  1. Bushmanland
  2. Bushmanoid
  3. bushmanship
  4. bushmaster
  5. bushmasters
  6. bushmeat
  7. bushmeats
  8. bushmen
  9. bushment
  10. bushments
  11. Bushmerica

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