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domestic animal

noun

  1. an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic animal1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

While they present no danger to humans or domestic animals, spiny water fleas rattle ecosystems that support game fish.

“Today, no one takes away even a domestic animal of another person forcefully,” he said.

The blood-corpuscles of man are larger than those of any domestic animal inhabiting Europe.

Even his faithful domestic animal, the dog, is rarely used for hunting, but is regarded solely as the companion of man.

It certainly is not the ordinary domestic animal, the shape approaching somewhat to that of the antelope.

And there is no domestic animal or fowl, whose habits require grain, whether whole or ground, that is not fond of it.

No domestic animal except the dog develops so much affection for its master as a goose will if it is permitted to do so.

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