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sylvatic

(sil vat′ik)

adjective

of or in the woods, or affecting the animals in the woods: sylvatic plague

Origin: L silvaticus < silva: see sylvan

See sylvatic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Affecting only wild animals: sylvatic rabies; sylvatic and domestic bacterial strains.
Sylvan.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sylvāticus, of the forest, wild

Origin: , from silva, sylva, forest

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