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Recent Examples of domestic animal
The agency advises people to avoid contact with dead or sick birds, and to keep domestic animals away.
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Anyone with exposure to wild or domestic animals, particularly birds, should take precautions to avoid infection, the agency says.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
Of course, human beings play a role in the emergence of disease, often by coming directly into contact with wild animals or by bringing domestic animals into contact with them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2015
But hybridizing with domestic animals could lead to some wild animals’ extinction as genetically distinct species.
—Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Anyone with exposure to wild or domestic animals, particularly birds, should take precautions to avoid infection, the agency says.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
Of course, human beings play a role in the emergence of disease, often by coming directly into contact with wild animals or by bringing domestic animals into contact with them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2015
But hybridizing with domestic animals could lead to some wild animals’ extinction as genetically distinct species.
—Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic animal
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In some cases, people walked miles to safety, with singed pets struggling in their arms and only the clothes on their backs.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Pooches and other pets have carved out their niche in the luxury industry as of late.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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Though variable, the Australopithecus ratios were more similar to those of herbivores, ultimately suggesting that these human ancestors depended mostly on a vegetarian diet.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Oxfordshire footprints include a mix of footprints from both herbivores and at least one carnivore.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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The fifth set of tracks, alternatively, were made by a carnivore called Megalosaurus, reported Reuters.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Octopus Peru 917 Ninth St. This Mexican restaurant serves up four courses for carnivores during Dine Downtown: pozole, shrimp bruschetta, a carne asada platter and churros with ice cream or flan.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
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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 1 Feb. 2025.
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