domestic animal
nounDefinition of domestic animal
: any of various animals (such as the horse or sheep) domesticated so as to live and breed in a tame condition
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Most of the calls HSCC receives involve domestic animals or wildlife. — Lisa Gregory, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Tales (tails?) from the Humane Society, the receptacle for lost and abandoned dogs, cats and even a kangaroo," 26 Aug. 2019 The harsh reality is, domestic animals can run and hide in an emergency, but these stickers can help pets get rescued. — Heloise, Washington Post, "Hints From Heloise: A sticker for your pets," 10 Aug. 2019 Eleanor Sadler, a 19-year veteran of the organization tasked with aiding wild and domestic animals in need in the city. — Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, "@OfficerEdith is the patron saint of San Francisco animals," 16 Aug. 2019 Conditions for reindeer were good in the nineteen-twenties, swelling the herds to half a million domestic animals. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019 According to the release, there were unconfirmed reports of a domestic animal going missing. — oregonlive.com, "Cougar shot, killed by sheriff’s deputy in Cascade Locks," 22 June 2019 As people grow better-off, their attitudes to domestic animals change. — The Economist, "Pet-ownership is booming across the world," 22 June 2019 No longer necessities, domestic animals became luxuries. — The Economist, "Pets have gained the upper paw over their so-called owners," 22 June 2019 She and the other researchers, including Juliane Kaminski, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Portsmouth, in England, joined together a few years ago to look at domestic animal facial expressions and musculature. — James Gorman, New York Times, "Those Puppy Dog Eyes You Can’t Resist? Thank Evolution," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'domestic animal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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