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Recent Examples of domestic animal
Law enforcement obtained a search warrant and seized the livestock, as well as horses and domestic animals belonging to the family, a few days later.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization, is offering support to fire victims needing assistance with free, temporary housing for wild or domestic animals.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, wild birds spread the virus to domestic animals, including poultry and dairy cattle.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Some residents voiced concerns about potential risks to human health, domestic animals and native species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization, is offering support to fire victims needing assistance with free, temporary housing for wild or domestic animals.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, wild birds spread the virus to domestic animals, including poultry and dairy cattle.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Some residents voiced concerns about potential risks to human health, domestic animals and native species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
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Cicadas are not dangerous to humans or pets, experts say.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Its focus system covers nearly the entirety of the image sensor and supports face and eye detection for people and pets, which are basic features among today's cameras.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Channeling your favorite herbivore from Jurassic Park is optional.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Their ability to incapacitate large herbivores with powerful forelimbs and dagger-like canines may have given them a predatory edge over the bone-crushing canids.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Gray wolf conservation, for example, is a complicated push and pull of managing large carnivores that often end up in places where the easiest meal is someone’s livelihood.—
Douglas McCauley,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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Wolverines are members of the weasel family, like ferrets and badgers, and are known for being ferocious and cunning carnivores.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The sparrowhawk is an aggressive bird of prey, adept at hunting and fighting, while the cuckoo’s nest targets are smaller birds and mostly insectivores.—
Nathan H. Lents,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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This tiny insectivore has an exceptionally fast metabolism, demanding near-constant feeding to survive.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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