I badly wanted a little more time to work on training them, but simply couldn't find it — so while they grew up friendly and confident, you couldn't exactly called them handtame.
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Handtame
Synonyms for "handtame"
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German
2 entries- handzahm adj (tame and accustomed to being held in the hand; mild; meek; humble; docile)
- handzahm machen verb (to cause to become accustomed to being handled)
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This is a really popular image with British photographers when photographing Atlantic puffins, which can be hand-tame — indeed, I have had puffins playfully tugging at my laces while sitting on a cliff top!
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Tamir was all her joy. She had him hand-tame, spoiled him most tenderly.
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Even children can handtame wild birds, if they follow Al Martin's simple directions.
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