Meanings
nounwildlife (uncountable)
alternative dated wild life
- attributiveoftenuncountableundomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
This town offers wildlife tours where you can go and watch the bears, deer, wild rabbits and other creatures in their natural habitats.
1 more example
Grey squirrels are an invasive species in the UK, introduced from North America in the 1870s. They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete.
2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022 - uncountableLiving undomesticated organisms of all kinds.
Origin
- Englishwild
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Germanic*lībaną
- Proto-Germanic*lībą
- Proto-West Germanic*līb
- Old Englishlīf
- Middle Englishlyf
- Englishlife
- Englishwildlife
Translations
Arabic اَلْحَيَاة اَلْبَرِّيَّة
- اَلْحَيَاة اَلْبَرِّيَّة (al-ḥayāh al-barriyya)animals and plants in their natural environment
Bulgarian дива природа
- дива природаanimals and plants in their natural environment
Chinese Mandarin 野生動物 /野生动物, 野生生物
- 野生動物 /野生动物 (yěshēng dòngwù)animals in their natural environment
- 野生生物 (yěshēng shēngwù)animals and plants in their natural environment
Dutch wilde dieren, natuur
- wilde dierenanimals in their natural environment
- natuuranimals and plants in their natural environment
- wildlevenanimals and plants in their natural environment
- wildlifeanimals and plants in their natural environment
- wilde planten en dierenanimals and plants in their natural environment
Esperanto faŭno
- faŭnoanimals in their natural environment
Finnish villieläimet, villieläimet
- villieläimetanimals in their natural environment
- villieläimetanimals and plants in their natural environment
French faune, nature
- fauneanimals in their natural environment
- natureanimals and plants in their natural environment
- environnementanimals and plants in their natural environment
German Tierwelt, Fauna
- Tierweltanimals in their natural environment
- Faunaanimals in their natural environment
Hindi वन्यजीव
- वन्यजीव (vanyajīv)animals and plants in their natural environment
Hungarian vadvilág
- vadviláganimals and plants in their natural environment
Italian fauna, fauna selvatica
- faunaanimals in their natural environment
- fauna selvaticaanimals in their natural environment
Japanese 野生動物
- 野生動物 (yasei dōbutsu)animals and plants in their natural environment
Portuguese fauna, vida selvagem
- faunaanimals in their natural environment
- vida selvagemanimals and plants in their natural environment
Russian ди́кая приро́да, жива́я приро́да
- ди́кая приро́да (díkaja priróda)animals and plants in their natural environment
- жива́я приро́да (živája priróda)animals and plants in their natural environment
- живо́тный мир (živótnyj mir)animals and plants in their natural environment
- фа́уна (fáuna)animals and plants in their natural environment
Scottish Gaelic fiadh-bheatha
- fiadh-bheathaanimals and plants in their natural environment
Spanish fauna, vida silvestre
- faunaanimals in their natural environment
- vida silvestreanimals and plants in their natural environment
Swahili wanyamapori
- wanyamaporianimals in their natural environment
Swedish fauna, vilt
- faunaanimals in their natural environment
- viltanimals and plants in their natural environment
- naturanimals and plants in their natural environment
Tagalog buhay-ilang
- buhay-ilanganimals and plants in their natural environment
Turkish vahşi yaşam, vahşi hayat
- vahşi yaşamanimals and plants in their natural environment
- vahşi hayatanimals and plants in their natural environment
- vahşi doğaanimals and plants in their natural environment
Cite this entry
APA
wildlife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wildlife
MLA
“wildlife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wildlife. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wildlife,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wildlife.
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