wildling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wild +‎ -ling (“descendant”); cognate with Dutch (not synonymous) wildeling.

Noun[edit]

wildling (plural wildlings)

A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant
A wild animal

Synonyms[edit]

(animal): beast

Antonyms[edit]

cultivar

Related terms[edit]

wilderness

Translations[edit]

wild plant

Dutch: wilde plant
Spanish: planta silvestre f

wild animal

Dutch: wild dier/ beest
Hungarian: vad (hu), vadállat (hu)
Spanish: animal salvaje m

See also[edit]

seedling

References[edit]

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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