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exclosure
[ ik-skloh-zher ]
/ ɪkˈskloʊ ʒər /
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noun
an area protected against intruders, as by fences.
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Words nearby exclosure
exclamation mark, exclamation point, exclamatory, exclaustration, exclave, exclosure, excludable, exclude, excluded middle, excluding, exclusion
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How to use exclosure in a sentence
A briefing note about the Fences in the Sand study—which is now running those exclosure experiments—put “public sensitivity around the wild horse population” as one of the higher risk factors for the project.
Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy|Moira Donovan / Hakai Magazine|August 1, 2022|Popular-ScienceThe unexpected presence of voles in the short grass exclosure was probably due to two factors.
An upland exclosure containing only short grasses also supported a few voles in 1953.
British Dictionary definitions for exclosure
exclosure
/ (ɪkˈskləʊʒə) /
noun
an area of land, esp in a forest, fenced round to keep out unwanted animals
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