Dictionary

shootable en · ADJ

Etymology

From shoot + -able.

Meanings

1. able to be shot
   • Amongst other animals shootable are the native bear--a sluggish creature looking like a small bear; the bandicoot, a small animal with a pig's head and snout; the native cat; cockatoos, parrots, eagles, hawks, owls, parroquets, wild turkey, quail, native pheasants, teal, native companions, water-hens, and the black swan and the opossum. 1883, R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny, Town Life in Australia:
   • I've shot and hunted every beast, I think, shootable and huntable, from a humming-bird to an elephant; and I had some splendid fishing in Canada; but, after all, give me a Whitbury trout, on a single-handed Chevalier. 1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I:
   • Because native species, such as Illinois' native grouse, the prairie chicken, have been driven out of vast areas by habitat destruction, managers have sought to import shootable birds that can survive in the devastated landscapes of postsettlement America. 1989 January 13, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

Deriveds

unshootable