Word.ws English Dictionary

ecoduct

Syllables: eco·duct/ˈiːkəʊdʌkt/US/ˈikoʊˌdʌkt/

ecoduct noun: a type of wildlife crossing in the form of a bridge or tunnel, usually covered with foliage and turf, which animals may use to cross roads without the risk of being hit by vehicles; a wildlife viaduct.

ecoduct: a type of wildlife crossing in the form of a bridge or tunnel, usually covered with foliage and...
Image: Sillerkiil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

ecoduct (plural ecoducts)

  1. A type of wildlife crossing in the form of a bridge or tunnel, usually covered with foliage and turf, which animals may use to cross roads without the risk of being hit by vehicles; a wildlife viaduct.
    • An ecoduct was installed above the road to help wildlife cross safely.
    • Several measures can be taken to influence the circumstance for the badger in a positive way. Apart from protection and restoration of potential habitats, important measures are: restoration or development of dispersal corridors (woodlots, hedgerows), construction of tunnels or ecoducts for...1994, J. P. Knaapen, H. C. van Engen, R. C. van Apeldoorn, P. Schippers, J. Verboom, “Badgers in the Netherlands: Evaluation of Scenarios with Models”, in Job F. Th. Schoute, Peter A. Finke, Frank R....

Examples of ecoduct in a sentence

  • Design of an ecoduct is important and so is the context, […]1997, G. J. (Hans) Bekker, “Fragmentation and Road-infrastructure in the Netherlands: From History to Future”, in James Randy Williams...
  • A large budget was reserved for purchasing ground, developing new natural areas, and for making "ecoducts" (wildlife bridges or tunnels) under/over main highways that dissected natural areas.2004, Brian K. Miller; Kenli Schaaf; Robert K. Swihart; Chester L. Arnold, Jr., “Historical and Human Dimensions of Nature-based Planning...
  • Not far from Brănișca [in Romania], an ecoduct crosses the motorway from the Apuseni mountains to the Retezat.2025, Nick Thorpe, “On Chicken Mountain”, in Walking Europe’s Last Wilderness: A Journey through the Carpathian Mountains, New Haven...

Forms of ecoduct

pluralecoducts

Origin of ecoduct

From eco- (prefix meaning ‘ecology; the environment’) + (via)duct (“bridge with several spans that carries traffic over a valley or other obstacles”).

Questions about ecoduct

What does ecoduct mean?
Ecoduct means a type of wildlife crossing in the form of a bridge or tunnel, usually covered with foliage and turf, which animals may use to cross roads without the risk of being hit by vehicles; a wildlife viaduct.
How do you use ecoduct in a sentence?
Design of an ecoduct is important and so is the context, […]
What part of speech is ecoduct?
Ecoduct is a noun.
How do you pronounce ecoduct?
Ecoduct is pronounced /ˈiːkəʊdʌkt/ (UK).
What is the plural of ecoduct?
The plural of ecoduct is ecoducts.

Words near ecoduct in the dictionary

  1. ecodormant
  2. ecodramaturgical
  3. ecodramaturgies
  4. ecodramaturgy
  5. ecodriving
  6. ecoduct
  7. ecoducts
  8. ecodynamics
  9. ecoefficiency
  10. ecoefficient
  11. ecoendoscopy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ecoduct (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ecoduct.wav.

Cite this entry: “ecoduct.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ecoduct. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.