Wild animal - Definition and Overview

• Wild, in zoology or botany, is a rough if problematic antonym to domesticated: see wildlife. A wild animal is an animal that is not a domesticated animal — the common usage includes feral animals. A wildflower is, roughly speaking, a plant not of a garden variety.
• The Wild, in the sense of places little affected by human activity, is also a difficult notion: see wilderness, wilderness area.
• Wild can also refer to human behavior.
• The NHL team Minnesota Wild is often referred to as simply "the Wild."
• The Wild (novel) is a novel by Whitley Strieber.

See also: wild ginger, wild rice, feral child.

For further meanings, see wild card, Wild Hunt.