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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive |
| examples | drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation a wildcat mine wildcat drilling wildcat wells |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | exploratory, explorative |
| Derivationally related form | wildcat → wildcat |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | exploratory, explorative |
| Derivationally related form | wildcat → wildcat |
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