Wildmeat

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Meat from a wild animal. countable, uncountable

    "The parks and sanctuaries are 'protected' only on paper, due to community ownership of forest land, social sanction for hunting and local traditions like giving 30 basketfuls of smoked wildmeats as 'bride price'."

Example

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"The parks and sanctuaries are 'protected' only on paper, due to community ownership of forest land, social sanction for hunting and local traditions like giving 30 basketfuls of smoked wildmeats as 'bride price'."

Etymology

From wild + meat.

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