docility
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Belyayev found that after multiple generations of controlled breeding silver foxes on Prince Edward Island, the animals began to develop traits associated with domesticity: Docility, floppy ears, spotted coats and curled tails.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023
Docility is the sovran help to perfection for Dürer and Reynolds, and more or less explicitly for all other great artists who have treated of these questions.
From Albert Durer by Moore, T. Sturge
Docility and obedience would be demanded of him later, but not till the first agony had abated.
From Piccadilly Jim by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
The Turks greatly admire Cats; to them, their alluring Figure appears preferable to the Docility, Instinct, and Fidelity of the Dog.
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
Docility, on the other hand, is a rather ambiguous test of intelligence.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
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