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wet market

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[wet mahr-kit] / ˈwɛt ˈmɑr kɪt /

noun

1. (especially in China and Southeast Asia) a usually open-air market selling perishable food, as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit, and often live animals slaughtered on-site.

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Etymology

Origin of wet market

First recorded in 1975–80

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These risks include a Chernobyl-like or Chinese wet market accident—a mass disruption event in a form we might not even be able to visualize right now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Others are more lighthearted, like how to shop at a wet market or how to feed the Gods.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2023

Restaurant worker Dong went to a wet market in central Beijing around lunchtime on Thursday, but did not buy anything.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

China has consistently denied that the virus leaked from a lab, and has stood by early conclusions that the virus transferred naturally from animals to humans, most likely at a wet market in Wuhan.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

The institute is a 40-minute drive from the Huanan wet market where the first cluster of infections emerged in Wuhan.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2023

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