sylvatic

Definitions


[s(ɪ)lˈvatɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting certain diseases when contracted by wild animals, and the pathogens causing them
(e.g: an epidemic of sylvatic plague among prairie dogs)


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Origin:
1930s: from Latin silvaticus, from silva ‘wood’




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