SEMIDOMESTICATION


Meaning of SEMIDOMESTICATION in English

| ̷ ̷(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

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