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tameable

American  
[tay-muh-buhl] / ˈteɪ mə bəl /

adjective

  1. tamable.


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And he was saying, ‘Well, raccoons are tameable, but they’re still very wild.’

From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2017

Pretending our instincts are entirely tameable and explicable reduces the scope of human experience.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2017

There are a dozen or so tameable creatures, ranging from small badgers and wolves to giant bears and saber tooth cats, and once tamed, they’ll stick by your side for as long as you want.

From The Verge ● Feb. 25, 2016

How does the presence of few tameable animals in the New World help to account for its tardier development as compared with the Old World?

From Early European History by Hutton Webster

I did not find the American chipmunks, before alluded to, at all tameable.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Elizabeth Brightwen

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