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
They are the favorite wallowing places of the carabao, the so-called “water buffalo,”2 both the wild and the half-domesticated animals.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
I saw a solitary robin by the roadside, and wondered what could have brought this social and half-domesticated bird so far into these wilds.
From Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs
But with the half-domesticated dancing-bear it was different.
From Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear by Charles Copeland
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
