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sylvatic

American

[sil-vat-ik] / sɪlˈvæt ɪk /

adjective

sylvan.

sylvatic British

/ sɪlˈvætɪk /

adjective

Also: sylvestral. growing, living, or occurring in a wood or beneath a tree

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Etymology

Origin of sylvatic

1650–60; < Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv ( a ) silva + -āticus ( -ate ¹, -ic )

Example Sentences

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Hurried back to the “hospital trailer,” the animal was sedated and vaccinated against sylvatic plague carried by their favorite prey, work done in partnership with World Wildlife Fund.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Editing the genome of black-footed ferrets so that they could resist sylvatic plague, for example, could be a game changer.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

A program led by the nonprofit Revive & Restore intends to engineer resistance to sylvatic plague into the genomes of endangered black-footed ferrets by adding genes that evolved in domestic ferrets.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021

When sylvatic plague kills prairie dogs it sets off a food-chain chain reaction.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2015

In 1975 there were 20 reported cases of this "sylvatic" plague.

From Time Magazine Archive

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