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US /ˈwaɪld.laɪf/ 
UK /ˈwaɪld.laɪf/ 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wildlife

wildlife /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ noun [uncountable]
  animals and plants growing in natural conditions:
   • measures to protect the area’s wildlife
   • the destruction of wildlife habitats

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wildlife

wild·life[wildlife] [ˈwaɪldlaɪf] [ˈwaɪldlaɪf]noununcountable

 

animals, birds, insects, etc. that are wild and live in a natural environment

• Development of the area would endanger wildlife.

• a wildlife habitat/sanctuary

 

Example Bank:

• The bacteria pose a real threat to wildlife.

• The forest is home to a wealth of wildlife.

• The increasing use of pesticides threatens the wildlife of the area.

• The large variety of native plants attracts wildlife to the area.

• The local fish and wildlife population may be lost forever.

• The school has its own small wildlife garden.

• They called on the government to help protect native wildlife.

• data compiled by US and Canadian wildlife agencies

• federal and state wildlife officials

• the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Reserve in Texas

• the illegal wildlife trade

• wildlife corridors that tigers use to travel between reserves

• The area is an important wildlife habitat.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wildlife

wildlife /ˈwaɪld.laɪf/
noun [U]
animals and plants that grow independently of people, usually in natural conditions:
a documentary on Peruvian wildlife
wildlife groups/conservation

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

wildlife

[wa͟ɪldlaɪf]
 N-UNCOUNT
 You can use wildlife to refer to the animals and other living things that live in the wild.
  People were concerned that pets or wildlife could be affected by the pesticides.