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Recent Examples of domestic animal
The bugs can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The insects can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
—Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 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
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The insects can feed on people, domestic animals and wildlife.
—Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
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For Olivo, Maggie represented far more than a pet left behind.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Sorys are passionate about their pets and seem to put the animals’ needs before their own.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To protect your lilacs against hooved herbivores, install tall fencing or cages around your lilac bushes.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2026
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Reportedly, the site reveals a densely populated environment where this predator lived alongside freshwater sharks, bony fish, turtles, and crocodiles, as well as massive herbivores like sauropods and iguanodontians.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The absence of tooth marks on the mandibles does not imply that other parts of the bodies were not consumed by hyenas or other carnivores.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The hominin bones and animal remains make up an assemblage of fossils that appear to come from the den of a carnivore, perhaps a hyena.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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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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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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