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
"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 is more tamable and docile than the Himalayan Sun Bear, and is even more eccentric in its ways.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
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
Crows are especially tamable and may be allowed full liberty around the dooryard.
From Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude H. Miller
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