Meanings
nouncompanimal (plural companimals)
plural companimals
- informalrareAn animal pet; a companion animal.
Did we always keep pets and “companimals”? How did the question of animal welfare become a mass movement, and how was it politicized?
2023, Richard J. Miller, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation, page 183
Origin
From blend of companion + animal.
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