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bushmeat

noun

Etymology

From bush + meat, as a calque of French viande de brousse.

  1. derived from *meh₂d-✻ — “to drip, ooze; grease, fat”
  2. inherited from *matiz✻ — “food”
  3. inherited from *mati✻
  4. inherited from mete
  5. inherited from mete
  6. compounded as bushmeat — “bush + meat”

Definitions

  1. Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally…

    Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.

The neighborhood

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