domestic animal
noun
: any of various animals (such as the horse or sheep) domesticated so as to live and breed in a tame condition
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In warmer weather, both wild and domestic animals spend more time outdoors, as do people, said Rachel Reichardt, environmental health specialist and zoonosis lead at the health department.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Our domestic animals outnumber wild beasts by a ratio of fifteen to one, and 26 percent of species of large mammals are threatened with extinction.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
The first months of her life were spent on a farm, surrounded by domestic animals and wild landscapes, in an environment far from the European palaces that would come to define her adulthood.
—Marta SuÁrez, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026
For example, Montana has about 1,100 wolves, which in 2024 killed 54 domestic animals — 35 cattle, 16 sheep and 3 foals, the scientists said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Our domestic animals outnumber wild beasts by a ratio of fifteen to one, and 26 percent of species of large mammals are threatened with extinction.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
The first months of her life were spent on a farm, surrounded by domestic animals and wild landscapes, in an environment far from the European palaces that would come to define her adulthood.
—Marta SuÁrez, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026
For example, Montana has about 1,100 wolves, which in 2024 killed 54 domestic animals — 35 cattle, 16 sheep and 3 foals, the scientists said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for domestic animal
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20animal. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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