semidomestic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English domestic English semidomestic From semi- + domestic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Partially domesticated; accustomed to living together with humans
City birds are often semidomestic, depending on humans to provide food and habitat.
1988 January 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader: