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a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
the dog barked all night
How To Use domestic dog In A Sentence
- Domestic dogs vary in size from diminutive, 1.5 kg chihuahuas to 90 kg giant mastiffs.
- The bureau defines ‘wild dogs’ as domestic dogs gone wild, dingoes, and their hybrids.
- While (to my knowledge) no-one doubts the idea that domestic dogs and wolves are close relatives, firm evidence showing that domestic dogs are nested within the species Canis lupus is lacking. Archive 2006-10-01
- This applies globally as well as locally: despite continuous, near-global sympatry between domestic dogs and wolves, hybridization has hardly occurred and only one mtDNA type is shared. Archive 2006-10-01
- Because of their association with humans, domestic dogs are not preyed upon by wild predators.
- The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged.
- Domestic dogs that roam free have been known to revert to their primal instincts and to attack and kill lame deer and fawns.
- Wolves and domestic dogs are members of the same species .
- Domestic dogs carry and transmit human diseases, including viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases.
- If you somehow recovered genetic material from such an extinct organism that was contemporaneous w/humans from the same 10-40 kya time frame, and it showed a similar pattern of change to humans and maize (corn) and say, domestic dogs then wouldn't you be safe in inferring that humans had tried to domesticate that organism? Choosing To Evolve
