unhunted

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ hunted

Adjective[edit]

unhunted (not comparable)

  1. In which hunting does not take place.
    • 2007, Dustin J. Penn, Iver Mysterud, Evolutionary perspectives on environmental problems:
      While there is no difference between encounter rates in the two unhunted sites, the macaques are significantly less common in the hunted areas []
  2. Not hunted.
    • 1985, Stanley H. Anderson, Managing our wildlife resources:
      Hunted big game avoided roadways more than unhunted species.

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