DOMESTIC ANIMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domestic animal mean? 

• DOMESTIC ANIMAL (noun)
  The noun DOMESTIC ANIMAL has 1 sense:

1. any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment

  Familiarity information: DOMESTIC ANIMAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMESTIC ANIMAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

domestic animal; domesticated animal

Hypernyms ("domestic animal" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "domestic animal"):

feeder (an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening)

stocker (a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment)

head (a single domestic animal)

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

stray (an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal))

 Context examples 

Between him and all domestic animals there must be no hostilities.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The science of breeding, feeding and care of domestic animals; includes housing and nutrition.

(Animal Husbandry, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A. pyogenes is a commensal organism of the mucous membranes of domestic animals and may become pathogenic in cases of trauma and immunosuppression.

(Arcanobacterium pyogenes, NCI Thesaurus)

Nipah viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in pigs) and humans.

(Nipah Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Hendra viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in horses) and humans.

(Hendra Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production or devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.

(Farm, NCI Thesaurus)

B. cereus is found in soil and associated with diarrheal and emetic forms of food-borne illness as well as opportunistic infections in both humans and domestic animals.

(Bacillus cereus, NCI Thesaurus)

The sixth house is also the house ruling small domestic animals, so if you were thinking of adopting a little puppy or kitten, this is the time to visit the rescue center where you can find one that will pull at your heartstrings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)