unrecordedanimalcommerce
nounUK /ˌʌnrɪˈkɔːdɪd ˈænɪməl ˈkɒmɜːs/
US /ˌʌnrɪˈkɔːrdɪd ˈænɪməl ˈkɑːmɜːrs/
the buying and selling of animals that nobody writes down or keeps track of.
The wildlife officer warned that unrecordedanimalcommerce makes it hard to know how many rare turtles are left.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. the informal exchange of farm animals between neighbors without any paperwork.
Their unrecordedanimalcommerce started when one farmer traded two goats for a pig.
3. a made-up word for selling toy animals without scanning them at the store.
The cashier joked that the missing toy dinosaurs were part of unrecordedanimalcommerce.
4. the unnoticed movement of animals from one place to another, like ants carrying crumbs.
Scientists studied the unrecordedanimalcommerce of ants trading food underground.