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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SYLVATIC

Syl *vat "ic, a. Etym: [L. sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See Silvan, a.]

 

Defn: Sylvan. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sylvatic

syl vat ic |silˈvatik sɪlˈvædɪk | ▶adjective Veterinary Medicine relating to or denoting certain diseases when contracted by wild animals, and the pathogens causing them: an epidemic of sylvatic plague among prairie dogs. ORIGIN 1930s: from Latin silvaticus, from silva ‘wood. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sylvatic

sylvatic |sɪlˈvatɪk | ▶adjective Veterinary Medicine relating to or denoting certain diseases when contracted by wild animals, and the pathogens causing them: an epidemic of sylvatic plague among prairie dogs. ORIGIN 1930s: from Latin silvaticus, from silva ‘wood ’.