noun
Meaning 1
A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant.
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Standard Lemma guide
wildling
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noun
Meaning 2
A wild animal.
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History
Etymology
From wild + -ling (“descendant”); cognate with Dutch (not synonymous) wildeling.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: wilde plant — wild plant
- Spanish: planta silvestre — wild plant
- Dutch: wild dier/ beest — wild animal
- Hungarian: vad — wild animal
- Hungarian: vadállat — wild animal
- Spanish: animal salvaje — wild animal
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