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animal hoarding

animal hoarding noun: a mental disorder characterized by owning more pets than what a person can properly house, feed and care of, causing distress to both the owner and the animals involved.

Noun

animal hoarding (uncountable)

  1. A mental disorder characterized by owning more pets than what a person can properly house, feed and care of, causing distress to both the owner and the animals involved.
    Synonyms:
    Noah syndrome

Synonyms of animal hoarding

Questions about animal hoarding

What does animal hoarding mean?
Animal hoarding means a mental disorder characterized by owning more pets than what a person can properly house, feed and care of, causing distress to both the owner and the animals involved.
What part of speech is animal hoarding?
Animal hoarding is a noun.

Words near animal hoarding in the dictionary

  1. animal flowers
  2. animal food
  3. animal foods
  4. animal fries
  5. animal heat
  6. animal hoarding
  7. animal house
  8. animal houses
  9. animal husbandries
  10. animal husbandry
  11. Animal Jammer

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