domestic animal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
  • Comfortable and easy to clean, these bar stools are great for those with pets and kids.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Outset also eliminates the need to climb up a ladder to bed, something particularly valuable for pets, small children, elderly campers, and those who took one too many pulls off the Jack bottle around the campfire.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Commonly known as the brain worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is a parasitic nematode that infects a large range of wild and domestic herbivores, such as moose and elk.
    Jessie Richards, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Grasslands gave way to forests, and the large herbivores the lions depended on began to disappear.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wild mammals and birds, both herbivores and carnivores, generally got smaller as human populations expanded, landscapes became more fragmented and hunting pressure increased.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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