domesticated
adjective
having been domesticated; adapted over generations to live in association with humans.
half-domesticated
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a word derived from
domesticated.
Example Sentences
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Although the human breeders of the first domesticated animals must have repeatedly crossed them with their wild cousins, this is the first documented example of a half-wild, half-domesticated animal.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 13, 2022
But with the half-domesticated dancing-bear it was different.
From Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear by Charles Copeland
The genuine wild pheasant in its native region, a little beyond the Caucasus, is in all probability a very different bird from its half-domesticated kinsman in Britain.
From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo
He haunted waterfalls and fells and rocky heights and lonely tarns, but he was not averse to footpaths and highways, and the rustic, half-domesticated nature of rural England.
From The Last Harvest by John Burroughs
In a half-domesticated state it has long been a common ornament in lakes and ponds in this country and Europe, more especially the latter.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by James Elverson
