Domestication Definition

noun

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

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The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.

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Noun

Singular:
domestication
Plural:
domestications

Domestication Sentence Examples

  • Size and form have also been modified by domestication, the wild canary being not more than in.

  • Domestication has changed the behavior and appearance of cats, but not their digestive systems.

  • They are docile in disposition, and thus well fitted for domestication.

  • C. Darwin collected a large number of cases in his Animals and Plants under Domestication.

  • A more or less close adaptation to local conditions is thus brought about, and breeds or races are produced which are sometimes liable to deterioration on removal even to a short distance in the same country, as in numerous cases quoted by C. Darwin (Animals and Plants under Domestication).

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