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Recent Examples of domestic animal
In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization, is offering support to fire victims needing assistance with free, temporary housing for wild or domestic animals.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, wild birds spread the virus to domestic animals, including poultry and dairy cattle.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Some residents voiced concerns about potential risks to human health, domestic animals and native species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The agency advises people to avoid contact with dead or sick birds, and to keep domestic animals away.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Typically, wild birds spread the virus to domestic animals, including poultry and dairy cattle.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Some residents voiced concerns about potential risks to human health, domestic animals and native species.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The agency advises people to avoid contact with dead or sick birds, and to keep domestic animals away.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
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Dalmatian dog parents travel abroad with pets in tow, spending thousands A couple from Warwickshire, England, has spent thousands of dollars taking along their two large Dalmatians on vacations abroad.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Instead, one of the deer leans toward the cat and starts licking the pet around his neck and cheek.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These tiny tracks were created by dozens of small, two-legged herbivores during the early Jurassic period.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2025
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Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of herbivores, predators, scavengers, decomposers, and more.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The carnivore diet has gained popularity recently due to its reported health benefits.—
Elizabeth Barnes,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2025
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Related article An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Here’s how to manage groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
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Among the species declines that have led to billions fewer birds in North America over the last half-century, grassland birds and aerial insectivores have been hit especially hard, having lost many bugs that once fed them.—
Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Sep. 2024
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“Domestic animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20animal. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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