sylvatic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sylvatic
1650–60; < Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv ( a ) silva + -āticus ( see -ate 1, -ic)
Example Sentences
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Hurried back to the “hospital trailer,” the animal was sedated and vaccinated against sylvatic plague carried by their favorite prey, work done in partnership with World Wildlife Fund.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
A program led by the nonprofit Revive & Restore intends to engineer resistance to sylvatic plague into the genomes of endangered black-footed ferrets by adding genes that evolved in domestic ferrets.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Miners and loggers, some with fake immunization cards, jet between sylvatic regions and cities in just hours, potentially transferring the virus to new areas.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 17, 2017
Rodents such as prairie dogs love peanut butter and black-footed ferrets love prairie dogs, so a peanut butter-like substance has been doctored with an oral vaccine to thwart sylvatic plague.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2015
Service calls it "sylvatic plague," a non-panicky term which veils the fact that it is identical with bubonic plague.
From Time Magazine Archive
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