wildling

From wild +‎ -ling (“descendant”); cognate with Dutch (not synonymous) wildeling.

wildling (plural wildlings)

1. A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant
2. A wild animal

• (animal): beast

• cultivar

• wilderness

• seedling

• “wildling” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.