domestic animal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
  • Friend, 52, paints her canine subjects like classic characters, giving them quirks and expressions that feel instantly familiar to anyone who’s ever loved a pet.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Compared with last year, more people also plan to carve a pumpkin (46%), throw or attend a party (32%), visit a haunted house (24%) or dress up their pets (23%), the survey revealed.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The species is composed of herbivores that feed on a mixture of leaves, fruits and flowers, the organization adds.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sauropodomorphs are herbivores known for their large size and long necks.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Guides such as Eggleston place observers on sandbars at least 150 feet from the charismatic carnivores.
    Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The leg bone, which belonged to an ancient ancestor of crocodiles, shows that the dinosaur was a carnivore and may offer clues into the food chain of ancient Patagonia.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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 26 Oct. 2025.

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