tamable
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But Mr. Carlson wound up being entirely tamable, while the more diminutive Mr. Loughlin lived like a wild man until his tragic death.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2015
And among fishes, the family of the Cyprinidae are the best adapted to our purpose; for we must select those which are both hardy and tamable.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
"Remember that, unlike the zebra, they are tamable in captivity, you'll be soaring with me yet."
From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Clara Louise Burnham
Take, for example, the common English name of this low-flying falcon, the most tamable and affectionate of his tribe, and therefore, I suppose, fastest vanishing from field and wood, the buzzard.
From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin
A hawk or an eagle is never tamed, but a crow is more easily and completely tamable than the gentlest singing-bird.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
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