domestic animal

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Recent Examples of domestic animal 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 Turquoise Morton, 38, is charged with abandoning a domestic animal and animal cruelty for allegedly torturing, tormenting, or maiming a dog. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025 For the past year, there have been many animal outbreaks in a variety of wild and domestic animals, especially among birds and cattle. Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for domestic animal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
Noun
  • The questions, answered anonymously, investigated dogs’ personalities and TV viewing habits, including the pets’ engagement level when animals were and were not on screen.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
  • Users were tasked with taking care of their virtual pet by pressing buttons that simulate feeding, disciplining and playing with the critter on screen.
    Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The collection offers a fascinating glimpse into a world in transition, when earlier animals, such as armed herbivores and crocodile-like carnivores, co-existed with (relatively speaking) more modern creatures, such as early frogs, pterosaurs, and turtles.
    Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • The fossil is also similar to the herbivore edmontosaurus, a larger four-legged dinosaur that roamed the region alongside fierce predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The collection offers a fascinating glimpse into a world in transition, when earlier animals, such as armed herbivores and crocodile-like carnivores, co-existed with (relatively speaking) more modern creatures, such as early frogs, pterosaurs, and turtles.
    Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • Rabies is a fatal viral disease primarily found in bats and wild carnivores, such as raccoons, skunks, and foxes, also referred to as rabies vector species.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 8 May 2025

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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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