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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

Are there any animals, wild or domestic, tameable or untameable, in America, which are of a species known to exist at this day in Tartary?

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by James Athearn Jones

This is a very savage animal, and not tameable.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

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