- past participle of domesticate.
- past tense form of domesticate.
domesticated
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Dusky farmerfish in East Asia grow “crops” of red algae by assiduously “weeding out less palatable foods” and have effectively domesticated a type of shrimp whose waste fertilizes the algae and boosts yields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
But there’s also some solid evidence that humans domesticated ourselves, selecting tameness over aggression.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Leopard cats did not become domesticated and continue to live wild across Asia.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
"Corn was domesticated in Central America and has only been in this area for a few thousand years."
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Some of those related beans and barleys were indeed domesticated independently in the Americas or China, far from the early site of domestication in the Fertile Crescent.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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