companimal
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editcompanimal (plural companimals)
- (rare, informal) An animal pet; a companion animal.
- 2023, Richard J. Miller, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation, page 183:
- Did we always keep pets and “companimals”? How did the question of animal welfare become a mass movement, and how was it politicized?