Definition of wildlife
: living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated
- Trending Now: More Trending:
- hogwash probity sequacious inadmissible oligarch, pejorative
- ALL
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Examples of wildlife in a Sentence
an area with abundant wildlife
Recent Examples of wildlife from the Web
-
Kenya transported 149 rhinos between 2005 and 2017 with eight deaths, the wildlife ministry said.
-
Kenya transported 149 rhinos between 2005 and 2017 with eight deaths, the wildlife ministry said.
-
Interior Department staffers also pushed back on efforts by political appointees to put federal land up for auction before scientific assessments on the potential damage drilling could inflict on wildlife were finished.
-
An examination of the wolf's corpse by a Berlin wildlife research institute found that the young female had been fatally shot in the chest and then had a rope tied around her stomach and lashed to a concrete weight.
-
Attention Boaters: Use caution launching boats at the wildlife area boat ramps in the upper ends of the lake.
-
Some of his throwaway observations, like the shot of a kid sniffing a highlighter pen in class, feel like something out of a wildlife documentary.
-
Their efforts, which span the fields of wildlife conservation and global public health, bolster the world’s growing arsenal against infectious disease.
-
The sales violated the Lacey Act, the nation’s oldest wildlife trafficking statute, the office said.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wildlife.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of wildlife
1879
WILDLIFE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of wildlife for English Language Learners
-
: animals living in nature : wild animals
WILDLIFE Defined for Kids
Definition of wildlife for Students
: wild animals living in their natural environment
Learn More about wildlife
-
See words that rhyme with wildlife Spanish Central: Translation of wildlife Nglish: Translation of wildlife for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of wildlife for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up wildlife? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
