Sylvatic Definition

sĭl-vătĭk
adjective
Of or having to do with a disease present in a population of animals in the wild.
Sylvatic plague.
Webster's New World
Sylvan.
American Heritage

Of or pertaining to woods or woodland organisms; sylvan.

Wiktionary

Origin of Sylvatic

  • Latin sylvāticus of the forest, wild from silva, sylva forest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See sylvan, silvan.

    From Wiktionary

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