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Pet

/pet/
An animal that is kept at home for companionship or amusement rather than work

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This word has no antonyms

Examples:

I have a pet dog.She loves to pet the cats.

Etymology:

etymology
The word pet originates from the Scottish Gaelic word peata, which means a tame animal, and made its way into English around the 16th century.

Usage Statistics:

26 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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