wild animal

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wild animal

  • /ˈwaɪld ˈænɪməl/

noun wild animals · wild-animal

  1. Any (nonhuman) animal living in a natural, undomesticated state. Visitors must not feed the wild animals, for the health and safety of both the animals and the visitors.
  2. figuratively A person exhibiting uncontrolled and risky, possibly aggressive, behaviour. We've got some wild animals up in here tonight!

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noun animal living in a natural, undomesticated state

Españolfiera, animal salvaje, animal silvestre, tecuán
한국어야생 동물 yasaeng dongmul
日本語野生動物 yaseidōbutsu
中文野獸 /野兽 yěshòu, 野生動物 /野生动物 yěshēng dòngwù
हिन्दीवन्यजीव vanyajīv
Kiswahilimnyamapori
Portuguêsfera
Françaisanimal sauvage
Deutschwildes Tier, Wildtier
Italianoanimale selvatico
Ελληνικάαγρίμι agrími
Românăanimal sălbatic
Русскийди́кое живо́тное díkoje živótnoje
العربيةحَيَوَان بَرِّيّ ḥayawān barriyy, حَيَوَان وَحْشِيّ ḥayawān waḥšiyy
עבריתחַיַּת בַּר khayyát bar

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@misc{wild_animal_2026,
  title = {wild animal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20animal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}