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wildmeat

wildmeat noun: meat from a wild animal.

Noun

wildmeat (countable and uncountable, plural wildmeats)

  1. Meat from a wild animal.
    • The parks and sanctuaries are 'protected' only on paper, due to community ownership of forest land, social sanction for hunting and local traditions like giving 30 basketfuls of smoked wildmeats as 'bride price'.2008 April 8-14, Outlook, volume 48, number 15, page 67
    • Also known as wildmeat or game meat, the term refers to non-domesticated mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds hunted for food.2015 July 3, “As Ebola fears return, Congo-Brazzaville steps up fight against illegal bushmeat”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    bushmeat, game

Synonyms of wildmeat

Forms of wildmeat

pluralwildmeats

Origin of wildmeat

From wild + meat.

Questions about wildmeat

What does wildmeat mean?
Wildmeat means meat from a wild animal.
What part of speech is wildmeat?
Wildmeat is a noun.
What is the plural of wildmeat?
The plural of wildmeat is wildmeats.

Words near wildmeat in the dictionary

  1. wildly
  2. wildman
  3. Wildmans
  4. wildmat
  5. wildmats
  6. wildmeat
  7. wildmeats
  8. wildmen
  9. Wildmill
  10. Wildmon
  11. Wildmore

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