domestic animal

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Recent Examples of domestic animal Under state statute, the owner of a dog is liable for the full amount of damages their animal has caused by injuring or causing injury to a person, domestic animal or property. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025 The Pets Room features more domestic animals in a park and home environment—dogs and cats, a bearded dragon and goldfish. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025 In Connecticut, animals are tested for rabies virus when people or domestic animals might have been exposed to the virus. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025 Indiana law states that a person who forcibly enters a vehicle to remove a domestic animal is responsible for half of the cost of repairing the vehicle damage directly caused by the person's forcible entry if certain criteria aren't met. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for domestic animal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
  • Some people went for a jog, others brought out their pets for a taste of the frozen precipitation blanketing the Charlotte region on Saturday.
    Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This pet might have been adopted before publication.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This suggests that these trees have evolved a unique defense strategy where chemical compounds are mobilized to seal wounds, while also inhibiting the invasion of pathogens or herbivores.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The herbivores are distantly related to deer and cows.
    Daniel Hunt January 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In Vietnam, particularly, conservation resources have historically been mostly focused on primates, elephants and large carnivores.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Understanding where these carnivores are living is crucial for informing conservation and land management decisions.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
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 1 Feb. 2026.

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