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Recent Examples of domestic animal
The number of domestic animals killed remains a tiny percentage.
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Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 9 July 2025
Wildlife officials killed one wolf over a pattern of attacks on domestic animals on May 29.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
If you have been bitten or scratched by a wild or domestic animal, seek medical attention and report the injury to DOH-Lake by calling 352-221-2609 or after hours at 352-250-7329.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
People and domestic animals should always avoid physical contact with wild animals such as raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, coyotes, which carry a higher risk of human exposure and a need for rabies post-exposure treatment.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 9 July 2025
Wildlife officials killed one wolf over a pattern of attacks on domestic animals on May 29.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
If you have been bitten or scratched by a wild or domestic animal, seek medical attention and report the injury to DOH-Lake by calling 352-221-2609 or after hours at 352-250-7329.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
People and domestic animals should always avoid physical contact with wild animals such as raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, coyotes, which carry a higher risk of human exposure and a need for rabies post-exposure treatment.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
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Those who require additional time to evacuate, and those with pets and livestock should leave now.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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During periods of extreme heat, the weather service advises people to drink plenty of water, limit time outdoors during peak heat, and check on neighbors and pets.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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They are described as being herbivores, with their closing-living relatives likely being camels.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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According to Māori lore, the 500-pound herbivores were fast runners who, once cornered, would defend themselves by kicking with those dino-chicken legs.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The tracks were left by meat-eating dinosaurs similar to an Acrocanthosaurus, a roughly 35-foot-long bipedal carnivore, Brown said.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Captive carnivores in the United States often have their diets supplemented with commercially available meat products, like chunk or mincemeat.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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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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The lemurs and tenrecs of Madagascar, for example, are descended from primates and insectivores that used to be much more widespread.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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