tamable
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But Mr. Carlson wound up being entirely tamable, while the more diminutive Mr. Loughlin lived like a wild man until his tragic death.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2015
How is it, en passant, that some animals are naturally fearless and tamable, others not; and that even in the same family?
From At Last by Charles Kingsley
"Remember that, unlike the zebra, they are tamable in captivity, you'll be soaring with me yet."
From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Clara Louise Burnham
It has the same destructive propensities, assembles also in vast numbers, and is equally carnivorous; but with all these, it is a more tamable and lovable animal.
From Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Harrison Weir
Take, for example, the common English name of this low-flying falcon, the most tamable and affectionate of his tribe, and therefore, I suppose, fastest vanishing from field and wood, the buzzard.
From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin
