Wild animal

Wild has various meanings as indicated below.

General

• wild may be used as an adjective to describe anything which lives in a natural environment (or exists in a "natural state"); see wildlife and list of wild foods. The term may also be used to describe the living conditions or behavioral characteristics of animals (eg. "wild animals") as well as humans (see human behavior). Animals or plants are no longer considered "wild" if they have undergone domestication, but may be called "feral" if they return to a natural state.
• "the wild" may refer to a natural environment which is not affected by human activity: see wilderness, wilderness area. In epidemiology and computer security, a virus may be described as "in the wild" if its propagation through a population or system is uncontrolled.

Other

• The U.S. National Hockey League team Minnesota Wild is often referred to as simply "the Wild."
• The Wild (novel) is a novel by Whitley Strieber.
• Wild are a five-piece classical female group.
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild, computer game in development by Atari.
• WILD (Waking Induction of Lucid Dreaming) is a method for achieving lucid dreams.
• WILD can refer to Radio One's AM and FM stations in the Boston, MA radio market.
• WYLD, a gospel radio station
• On Where's George? a wild bill is one that has previously been entered and marked with the web address.
• In the web comic Kevin and Kell, The Wild is a forested area where animals go to give up on the trappings of civilization and live as their wild ancestors once did.

People

• Jonathan Wild, Eighteenth-century English crime boss.
• Earl Wild

See also

• feral child
• wild card
• Wilde
• wildflower
• wild ginger
• Wild Hunt
• wild rice