venation

noun

1. The hunting of wild animals.

   obsolete, uncountable

   There are extant of his in Greek, four books of Cynegeticks or Venation, five of Halieuticks or Piscation, commented and published by Ritterhusius; wherein describing beasts of venery and fishes

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin vēnātio. Doublet of venison and venatio.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry venation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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