domesticated animal

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rabbit pet alpaca livestock domestic animal

Antonyms

barbarian genet vertebrate quadruped critter wildebeest

Hypernyms

animal beast creature fauna brute animate being

Hyponyms

head cat dog chicken goat stray

Examples

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. Jared Diamond

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with. Jared Diamond

Close letter words and terms

domesticatable domesticate domesticated domesticated animal species domesticated ass domesticated bird