WILDLIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wildlife mean? 

• WILDLIFE (noun)
  The noun WILDLIFE has 1 sense:

1. all living things (except people) that are undomesticated

  Familiarity information: WILDLIFE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILDLIFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All living things (except people) that are undomesticated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

chemicals could kill all the wildlife

Hypernyms ("wildlife" is a kind of...):

life (living things collectively)

 Context examples 

Further emissions, even those from far away will continue to affect arctic wildlife and people.

(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)

By doing so, these plastic pellets become sponges for dirt, acting as vectors of the organic compounds, spreading pollution of marine wildlife, and reducing their growth, reproduction and mobility.

(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)

The study, led by Betts and OSU's Christopher Wolf, also suggests that the closer a forest is to the equator, the more sensitive its wildlife species are to fragmentation.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)

CWD was first identified in 1967 in captive deer held in Colorado wildlife facilities.

(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)

This kind of applied research is very important for making remote sensing data relevant to wildlife management efforts.

(Tracking Deer by NASA Satellite, NASA)

Researchers say the love youngsters have for wildlife may be clouding the public's mind about how endangered those creatures are.

(Study: Popularity of Wildlife Can Harm Public's Perception, VOA)

The study, which is the first global assessment of the impact of chytridiomycosis, highlights how global trade in wildlife has facilitated the rapid spread of the disease.

(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)

Coastal salt marshes provide many benefits — supporting diverse wildlife, helping to reduce pollution, and protecting us from flooding.

(Changing salt marsh conditions send resident microbes into dormancy, NSF)

“A healthy ocean with abundant wildlife is capable of slowing the rate of climate breakdown substantially,” said Dr Monica Verbeek, the executive director of the group Seas at Risk.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The world's rivers and fresh water systems are full of pollution from prescription and over-the-counter drugs and it is taking a toll on the environment and wildlife, experts say.

(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)