- semidomestication
- noun Date: circa 1835 a captive state of a wild animal in which its living conditions and often its breeding are controlled by humans • semidomesticated adjective
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
semidomestication
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semidomestication — n. state of partial domestication, state of being partially tamed … English contemporary dictionary
semidomestication — semi·domestication … English syllables
semidomestication — sem i•do•mes ti•ca′tion n … From formal English to slang
semidomestication — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at semi + noun Etymology: semi + domestication : a captive state (as on a fur or game farm or in a zoo) of a wild animal in which its living conditions and often its breeding are controlled and its products or services used by man … Useful english dictionary
semidomesticated — semidomestication, n. /sem ee deuh mes ti kay tid, sem uy /, adj. living in a state of partial domestication. [1840 50; SEMI + DOMESTICATED] * * * … Universalium
semidomesticated — adjective see semidomestication … New Collegiate Dictionary
anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… … Universalium
fur farm — noun : a farm devoted to the raising of fur bearing animals in a state of semidomestication typically in pens or on protected islands * * * fur farming. a farm on which animals, as minks, are raised for their pelts. [1910 15] * * * fur farm, a… … Useful english dictionary
